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#EBC8C8

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EBC8C8

#EBC8C8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 78% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.0); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8EBEB — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBC8C8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green200
Blue200

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.0
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.5
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #EBC8C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC8C8.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC8C8.
13.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBC8C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBC8C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CECCC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D3C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3C5C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBC8C8?

#EBC8C8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 78% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBC8C8?

Use black text. Black on #EBC8C8 has a contrast ratio of 13.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBC8C8?

Its complementary colour is #C8EBEB, and analogous partners are #EBC8DA and #EBDAC8.