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#E2C6BF

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #E2C6BF

With the hex code #E2C6BF, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 78% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 9.1 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFDBE2, 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 — 13.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red226
Green198
Blue191

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #E2C6BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E2C6BF.
1.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E2C6BF.
13.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2C6BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2C6BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCC9BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2CEBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9C3C4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2C6BF?

With the hex code #E2C6BF, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 78% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E2C6BF?

Use black text. Black on #E2C6BF has a contrast ratio of 13.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2C6BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFDBE2, and analogous partners are #E2BFCA and #E2D8BF.