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#DFACAE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFACAE

#DFACAE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 67% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.9); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ACDFDD — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DFACAE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green172
Blue174

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.9
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 8.1
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 10.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DFACAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFACAE.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFACAE.
10.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFACAE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFACAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5B3AE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0BCAD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EAA7AD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFACAE?

#DFACAE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 67% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFACAE?

Use black text. Black on #DFACAE has a contrast ratio of 10.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFACAE?

Its complementary colour is #ACDFDD, and analogous partners are #DFACC8 and #DFC3AC.