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#DFADB0

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFADB0

#DFADB0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 68% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 21% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.7); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ADDFDC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DFADB0 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green173
Blue176

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.7
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 8.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #DFADB0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFADB0.
1.95:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFADB0.
10.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFADB0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFADB0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5B4B0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1BDAF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9A9AE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFADB0?

#DFADB0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 68% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 21% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFADB0?

Use black text. Black on #DFADB0 has a contrast ratio of 10.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFADB0?

Its complementary colour is #ADDFDC, and analogous partners are #DFADC9 and #DFC3AD.