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#EAAFB6

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #EAAFB6

With the hex code #EAAFB6, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 69% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 22% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Pink — a ΔE of 6.8 — followed by Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFEAE3, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green175
Blue182

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 6.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.0
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.2

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

Text on #EAAFB6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #EAAFB6.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #EAAFB6.
11.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAAFB6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAAFB6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8B8B6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C2B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5AAB2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAAFB6?

With the hex code #EAAFB6, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 69% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 22% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EAAFB6?

Use black text. Black on #EAAFB6 has a contrast ratio of 11.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAAFB6?

Its complementary colour is #AFEAE3, and analogous partners are #EAAFD3 and #EAC6AF.