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#EAAFB4

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #EAAFB4

#EAAFB4 is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 69% green and 71% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 23% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Light Pink (ΔE 7.1), with Baby Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #AFEAE5 (powder blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green175
Blue180

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 7.1
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.3
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.4

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

Text on #EAAFB4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #EAAFB4.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #EAAFB4.
11.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAAFB4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAAFB4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9B8B4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C2B3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6AAB1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAAFB4?

#EAAFB4 is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 69% green and 71% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 23% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAAFB4?

Use black text. Black on #EAAFB4 has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAAFB4?

Its complementary colour is #AFEAE5, and analogous partners are #EAAFD2 and #EAC7AF.