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#DFBCBF

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFBCBF

#DFBCBF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.0); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCDFDC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DFBCBF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green188
Blue191

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.0
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #DFBCBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFBCBF.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFBCBF.
12.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFBCBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C1BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C7BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6B9BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFBCBF?

#DFBCBF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFBCBF?

Use black text. Black on #DFBCBF has a contrast ratio of 12.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFBCBF?

Its complementary colour is #BCDFDC, and analogous partners are #DFBCD1 and #DFCBBC.