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#DFB8BD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFB8BD

#DFB8BD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 72% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.8); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8DFDA — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DFB8BD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green184
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #DFB8BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFB8BD.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFB8BD.
11.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFB8BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFB8BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBDBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C4BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7B5BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFB8BD?

#DFB8BD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 72% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFB8BD?

Use black text. Black on #DFB8BD has a contrast ratio of 11.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFB8BD?

Its complementary colour is #B8DFDA, and analogous partners are #DFB8D1 and #DFC7B8.