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#FFDABB

Apricot · very light warm orange

About #FFDABB

With the hex code #FFDABB, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 85% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Apricot — a ΔE of 4.9 — followed by Wheat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BBE0FF, a light blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green218
Blue187

Closest named colours

Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 4.9
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 7.9
Peach
#FFCBA4 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #FFDABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFDABB.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on apricot #FFDABB.
16.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFDABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DCB9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE4BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD2D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFDABB?

With the hex code #FFDABB, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 85% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFDABB?

Use black text. Black on #FFDABB has a contrast ratio of 16.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFDABB?

Its complementary colour is #BBE0FF, and analogous partners are #FFBBBE and #FFFCBB.