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#E6C8CC

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #E6C8CC

#E6C8CC is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 78% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.3), with Light Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C8E6E2 (powder blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.50:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green200
Blue204

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #E6C8CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E6C8CC.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E6C8CC.
13.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6C8CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6C8CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCCCCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D1CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECC6C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6C8CC?

#E6C8CC is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 78% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6C8CC?

Use black text. Black on #E6C8CC has a contrast ratio of 13.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6C8CC?

Its complementary colour is #C8E6E2, and analogous partners are #E6C8DB and #E6D3C8.