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#EBCAC8

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EBCAC8

#EBCAC8 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 79% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.8), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C8E9EB (powder blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.81:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green202
Blue200

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.1
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #EBCAC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBCAC8.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBCAC8.
13.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBCAC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBCAC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0CEC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D4C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3C7CA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBCAC8?

#EBCAC8 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 79% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 15% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBCAC8?

Use black text. Black on #EBCAC8 has a contrast ratio of 13.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBCAC8?

Its complementary colour is #C8E9EB, and analogous partners are #EBC8D8 and #EBDCC8.