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#E4B8BE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E4B8BE

#E4B8BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 72% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 17% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 5.7); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8E4DE — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #E4B8BE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.90:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green184
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 5.7
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 8.7
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #E4B8BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4B8BE.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4B8BE.
11.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4B8BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4B8BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBEBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C6BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDB5BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4B8BE?

#E4B8BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 72% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 17% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4B8BE?

Use black text. Black on #E4B8BE has a contrast ratio of 11.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4B8BE?

Its complementary colour is #B8E4DE, and analogous partners are #E4B8D4 and #E4C8B8.