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#E6CFC8

Bone · very light warm pink

About #E6CFC8

#E6CFC8 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 81% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 13% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Bone (ΔE 7.7), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C8DFE6 (ice 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 14.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green207
Blue200

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #E6CFC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6CFC8.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #E6CFC8.
14.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6CFC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6CFC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D1C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D5C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECCCCD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6CFC8?

#E6CFC8 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 81% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 13% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6CFC8?

Use black text. Black on #E6CFC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6CFC8?

Its complementary colour is #C8DFE6, and analogous partners are #E6C8D0 and #E6DEC8.