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#E6CCCF

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #E6CCCF

#E6CCCF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.7); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCE6E3 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6CCCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red230
Green204
Blue207

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #E6CCCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E6CCCF.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E6CCCF.
13.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6CCCF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6CCCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0CFCF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D4CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECCACD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6CCCF?

#E6CCCF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6CCCF?

Use black text. Black on #E6CCCF has a contrast ratio of 13.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6CCCF?

Its complementary colour is #CCE6E3, and analogous partners are #E6CCDC and #E6D6CC.