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#EBC6CD

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EBC6CD

#EBC6CD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 78% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 13% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.5); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6EBE4 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBC6CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green198
Blue205

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #EBC6CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC6CD.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC6CD.
13.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBC6CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBC6CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBCBCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D2CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2C4C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBC6CD?

#EBC6CD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 78% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 13% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBC6CD?

Use black text. Black on #EBC6CD has a contrast ratio of 13.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBC6CD?

Its complementary colour is #C6EBE4, and analogous partners are #EBC6E0 and #EBD2C6.