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#E8CCCD

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #E8CCCD

#E8CCCD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 80% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.8); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCE8E7 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E8CCCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.95:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red232
Green204
Blue205

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #E8CCCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E8CCCD.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E8CCCD.
13.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E8CCCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E8CCCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0D0CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D4CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EECACC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E8CCCD?

#E8CCCD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 80% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E8CCCD?

Use black text. Black on #E8CCCD has a contrast ratio of 13.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E8CCCD?

Its complementary colour is #CCE8E7, and analogous partners are #E8CCDB and #E8D9CC.