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#E4CCCE

Light Gray · very light warm pink

About #E4CCCE

#E4CCCE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 9.0); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCE4E2 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4CCCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green204
Blue206

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.0
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #E4CCCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E4CCCE.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E4CCCE.
13.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4CCCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4CCCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCFCE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D3CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9CACD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4CCCE?

#E4CCCE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4CCCE?

Use black text. Black on #E4CCCE has a contrast ratio of 13.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4CCCE?

Its complementary colour is #CCE4E2, and analogous partners are #E4CCDA and #E4D6CC.