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#EAAFB5

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #EAAFB5

#EAAFB5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 69% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 23% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Pink (ΔE 6.9); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #AFEAE4 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EAAFB5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green175
Blue181

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 6.9
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #EAAFB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #EAAFB5.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #EAAFB5.
11.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAAFB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAAFB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8B8B5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C2B4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6AAB1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAAFB5?

#EAAFB5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 69% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 23% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAAFB5?

Use black text. Black on #EAAFB5 has a contrast ratio of 11.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAAFB5?

Its complementary colour is #AFEAE4, and analogous partners are #EAAFD3 and #EAC6AF.