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#E4CED2

Light Gray · very light warm pink

About #E4CED2

#E4CED2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 81% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 8% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 8.4); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEE4E0 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4CED2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green206
Blue210

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.9
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #E4CED2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E4CED2.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E4CED2.
14.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4CED2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4CED2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D1D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D5D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9CDCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4CED2?

#E4CED2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 81% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 8% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4CED2?

Use black text. Black on #E4CED2 has a contrast ratio of 14.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4CED2?

Its complementary colour is #CEE4E0, and analogous partners are #E4CEDD and #E4D5CE.