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#EBC8CB

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EBC8CB

#EBC8CB 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, 15% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.3); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8EBE8 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBC8CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green200
Blue203

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.3
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.0
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #EBC8CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC8CB.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBC8CB.
13.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBC8CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBC8CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDCDCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D3CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2C5C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBC8CB?

#EBC8CB 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, 15% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBC8CB?

Use black text. Black on #EBC8CB has a contrast ratio of 13.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBC8CB?

Its complementary colour is #C8EBE8, and analogous partners are #EBC8DD and #EBD7C8.