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#DFB8BB

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFB8BB

With the hex code #DFB8BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 72% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 6.4 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8DFDC, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green184
Blue187

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.4
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 9.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #DFB8BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFB8BB.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFB8BB.
11.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFB8BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFB8BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBDBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C4BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7B5B9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFB8BB?

With the hex code #DFB8BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 72% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DFB8BB?

Use black text. Black on #DFB8BB has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFB8BB?

Its complementary colour is #B8DFDC, and analogous partners are #DFB8CE and #DFC9B8.