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#E6CED0

Light Gray · very light warm pink

About #E6CED0

#E6CED0 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 81% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 8.9); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEE6E4 — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6CED0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green206
Blue208

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.9
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #E6CED0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E6CED0.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #E6CED0.
14.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6CED0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6CED0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D1D0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D5D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBCCCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6CED0?

#E6CED0 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 81% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6CED0?

Use black text. Black on #E6CED0 has a contrast ratio of 14.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6CED0?

Its complementary colour is #CEE6E4, and analogous partners are #E6CEDC and #E6D8CE.