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#E4B9BB

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E4B9BB

With the hex code #E4B9BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 73% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 4.8 — followed by Bubblegum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B9E4E2, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green185
Blue187

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #E4B9BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4B9BB.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4B9BB.
11.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4B9BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4B9BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BFBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC6BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDB5BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4B9BB?

With the hex code #E4B9BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 73% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4B9BB?

Use black text. Black on #E4B9BB has a contrast ratio of 11.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4B9BB?

Its complementary colour is #B9E4E2, and analogous partners are #E4B9D1 and #E4CCB9.