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#EBC5CB

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EBC5CB

#EBC5CB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 77% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 5.9); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5EBE5 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBC5CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green197
Blue203

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 5.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.5
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #EBC5CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC5CB.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC5CB.
13.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBC5CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBC5CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CACACB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D1CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3C3C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBC5CB?

#EBC5CB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 77% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBC5CB?

Use black text. Black on #EBC5CB has a contrast ratio of 13.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBC5CB?

Its complementary colour is #C5EBE5, and analogous partners are #EBC5DE and #EBD2C5.