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#DFBEC4

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFBEC4

With the hex code #DFBEC4, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 75% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 8.0 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEDFD9, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green190
Blue196

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #DFBEC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFBEC4.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFBEC4.
12.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFBEC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFBEC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C3C4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC8C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6BCC0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFBEC4?

With the hex code #DFBEC4, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 75% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DFBEC4?

Use black text. Black on #DFBEC4 has a contrast ratio of 12.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFBEC4?

Its complementary colour is #BEDFD9, and analogous partners are #DFBED4 and #DFC9BE.