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#E9C8BE

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #E9C8BE

#E9C8BE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 78% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 18% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.2); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEDFE9 — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E9C8BE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.47:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red233
Green200
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #E9C8BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E9C8BE.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E9C8BE.
13.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E9C8BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E9C8BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCBBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D2BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2C4C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E9C8BE?

#E9C8BE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 78% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 18% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E9C8BE?

Use black text. Black on #E9C8BE has a contrast ratio of 13.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E9C8BE?

Its complementary colour is #BEDFE9, and analogous partners are #E9BEC9 and #E9DEBE.