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#EBBEC9

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #EBBEC9

#EBBEC9 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 75% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.4); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEEBE0 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EBBEC9 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green190
Blue201

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.1
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.3

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

Text on #EBBEC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBBEC9.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBBEC9.
12.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBBEC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBBEC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3C5C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECCC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3BCC2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBBEC9?

#EBBEC9 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 75% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBBEC9?

Use black text. Black on #EBBEC9 has a contrast ratio of 12.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBBEC9?

Its complementary colour is #BEEBE0, and analogous partners are #EBBEE0 and #EBC9BE.