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#EBCABE

Baby Pink · very light warm orange

About #EBCABE

With the hex code #EBCABE, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 79% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 19% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 8.9 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEDFEB, a light blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green202
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #EBCABE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBCABE.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBCABE.
13.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EBCABE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CDBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D3BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4C5C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBCABE?

With the hex code #EBCABE, this is a very light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 79% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 19% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EBCABE?

Use black text. Black on #EBCABE has a contrast ratio of 13.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBCABE?

Its complementary colour is #BEDFEB, and analogous partners are #EBBEC9 and #EBE0BE.