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#E1BEBC

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E1BEBC

With the hex code #E1BEBC, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 75% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCDFE1, 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 12.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red225
Green190
Blue188

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.5
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #E1BEBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E1BEBC.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E1BEBC.
12.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E1BEBC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E1BEBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C2BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CCC9BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9BBBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E1BEBC?

With the hex code #E1BEBC, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 75% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 16% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E1BEBC?

Use black text. Black on #E1BEBC has a contrast ratio of 12.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E1BEBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCDFE1, and analogous partners are #E1BCCD and #E1D0BC.