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#E2BFBC

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E2BFBC

#E2BFBC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 75% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 17% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.4); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCDFE2 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #E2BFBC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red226
Green191
Blue188

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.4
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.8
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #E2BFBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E2BFBC.
1.69:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E2BFBC.
12.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2BFBC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2BFBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5C3BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDC9BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EABBBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2BFBC?

#E2BFBC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 75% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 17% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E2BFBC?

Use black text. Black on #E2BFBC has a contrast ratio of 12.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2BFBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCDFE2, and analogous partners are #E2BCCC and #E2D2BC.