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#DFBCBC

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFBCBC

#DFBCBC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 16% 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 #BCDFDF — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DFBCBC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green188
Blue188

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.3
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #DFBCBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFBCBC.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFBCBC.
12.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFBCBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C0BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC7BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7B9BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFBCBC?

#DFBCBC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFBCBC?

Use black text. Black on #DFBCBC has a contrast ratio of 12.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFBCBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCDFDF, and analogous partners are #DFBCCE and #DFCEBC.