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#E6CDCE

Light Gray · very light warm pink

About #E6CDCE

#E6CDCE 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 Light Gray (ΔE 9.3); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDE6E5 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6CDCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.99:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green205
Blue206

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.3
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #E6CDCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E6CDCE.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E6CDCE.
13.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6CDCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6CDCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D0CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D4CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECCBCD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6CDCE?

#E6CDCE 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 #E6CDCE?

Use black text. Black on #E6CDCE has a contrast ratio of 13.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6CDCE?

Its complementary colour is #CDE6E5, and analogous partners are #E6CDDB and #E6D9CD.