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#E4AEB3

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E4AEB3

#E4AEB3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 68% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 21% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.4); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #AEE4DF — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #E4AEB3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green174
Blue179

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 8.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #E4AEB3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4AEB3.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4AEB3.
11.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4AEB3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4AEB3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B7B6B3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3BFB2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFAAB0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4AEB3?

#E4AEB3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 68% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 21% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4AEB3?

Use black text. Black on #E4AEB3 has a contrast ratio of 11.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4AEB3?

Its complementary colour is #AEE4DF, and analogous partners are #E4AECE and #E4C4AE.