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#DFC6CA

Light Gray · very light warm pink

About #DFC6CA

#DFC6CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 78% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 9.9); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6DFDB — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFC6CA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green198
Blue202

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.9
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #DFC6CA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #DFC6CA.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #DFC6CA.
13.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFC6CA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFC6CA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C9CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCECA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4C4C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFC6CA?

#DFC6CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 78% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFC6CA?

Use black text. Black on #DFC6CA has a contrast ratio of 13.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFC6CA?

Its complementary colour is #C6DFDB, and analogous partners are #DFC6D6 and #DFCFC6.