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#E8BABE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #E8BABE

#E8BABE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 73% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 18% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.1); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BAE8E4 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #E8BABE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.20:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red232
Green186
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 8.0
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #E8BABE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E8BABE.
1.72:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E8BABE.
12.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E8BABE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E8BABE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C0BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CCC8BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1B6BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E8BABE?

#E8BABE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 73% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 18% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E8BABE?

Use black text. Black on #E8BABE has a contrast ratio of 12.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E8BABE?

Its complementary colour is #BAE8E4, and analogous partners are #E8BAD5 and #E8CDBA.