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#E4C3CB

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E4C3CB

#E4C3CB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 76% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 11% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.2); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3E4DC — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #E4C3CB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green195
Blue203

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.7
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #E4C3CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4C3CB.
1.62:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E4C3CB.
12.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4C3CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4C3CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7C8CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECDCA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EAC1C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4C3CB?

#E4C3CB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 76% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 11% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4C3CB?

Use black text. Black on #E4C3CB has a contrast ratio of 12.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4C3CB?

Its complementary colour is #C3E4DC, and analogous partners are #E4C3DB and #E4CCC3.