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#E4ACAA

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E4ACAA

With the hex code #E4ACAA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 67% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 25% 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 8.1 — followed by Melon. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AAE2E4, 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 10.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green172
Blue170

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.1
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 8.1
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #E4ACAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4ACAA.
1.95:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4ACAA.
10.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4ACAA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4ACAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6B3AA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3BEA9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0A6AC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4ACAA?

With the hex code #E4ACAA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 67% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 25% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4ACAA?

Use black text. Black on #E4ACAA has a contrast ratio of 10.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4ACAA?

Its complementary colour is #AAE2E4, and analogous partners are #E4AAC5 and #E4C9AA.