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#E2C5CB

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #E2C5CB

#E2C5CB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 77% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.0); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5E2DC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2C5CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red226
Green197
Blue203

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #E2C5CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E2C5CB.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E2C5CB.
13.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2C5CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2C5CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C9CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCECA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8C3C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2C5CB?

#E2C5CB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 77% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E2C5CB?

Use black text. Black on #E2C5CB has a contrast ratio of 13.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2C5CB?

Its complementary colour is #C5E2DC, and analogous partners are #E2C5D9 and #E2CEC5.