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#E9CFCD

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #E9CFCD

With the hex code #E9CFCD, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 81% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 9.7 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDE7E9, a ice blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red233
Green207
Blue205

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #E9CFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E9CFCD.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #E9CFCD.
14.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E9CFCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E9CFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D2CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D7CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFCCCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E9CFCD?

With the hex code #E9CFCD, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 81% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E9CFCD?

Use black text. Black on #E9CFCD has a contrast ratio of 14.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E9CFCD?

Its complementary colour is #CDE7E9, and analogous partners are #E9CDD9 and #E9DDCD.