Aqueous coating composition with soft touch upon drying

An aqueous coating composition comprising dispersed polymer particles, wherein

• (i) the dispersed polymer particles are polyurethane-vinyl polymer hybrid particles obtained by free-radical polymerization of at least one vinyl monomer in the presence of a polyurethane,
• (ii) the polyurethane and the vinyl polymer in the hybrid particles are present in a weight ratio of polyurethane to vinyl polymer ranging from 2:1 to 16:1,
• (iii) the polyurethane is obtained by the reaction of at least the following components:
• (a) from 10 to 35 wt. % of at least one organic difunctional isocyanate,
• (b) from 1 to 2.5 wt % of an isocyanate-reactive compound containing ionic or potentially ionic water-dispersing groups having a molecular weight of from 100 to 500 g/mol,
• (c) from 45 to 75 wt. % of at least one diol having a molecular weight from 500 to 5000,
• (d) from 0.5 to 10 wt. % of at least one active-hydrogen chain extending compound with a functionality of at least 2 other than water,
• (e) from 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one diol having a molecular weight below 500 g/mol, wherein
• the amounts of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are given relative to the total amount of components used to prepare the polyurethane from which the building blocks from the polyurethane are emanated, and wherein
• isocyanate (NCO) groups and hydroxy (OH) groups on the components used to prepare the polyurethane are present in a mole ratio of the NCO groups to the OH groups in the range of from 1.05:1 to 5:1, and wherein
• (iv) the dispersed polymer particles have a mean particle size (D[0.5]]) greater than 1.2 micron, and
• (v) the dispersed polymer particles have a mean particle size (D[0.9]) less than 10 micron.