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#E4BCBE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E4BCBE

With the hex code #E4BCBE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 17% 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 5.1 — followed by Bubblegum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCE4E2, 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 12.24:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green188
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 5.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.1
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #E4BCBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4BCBE.
1.72:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4BCBE.
12.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4BCBE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4BCBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C1BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBC8BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDB9BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4BCBE?

With the hex code #E4BCBE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 17% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4BCBE?

Use black text. Black on #E4BCBE has a contrast ratio of 12.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4BCBE?

Its complementary colour is #BCE4E2, and analogous partners are #E4BCD2 and #E4CEBC.