#EBCBC5
Baby Pink · very light warm pink
About #EBCBC5
#EBCBC5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 80% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.7); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5E5EB — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBCBC5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #EBCBC5?
#EBCBC5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 80% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #EBCBC5?
Use black text. Black on #EBCBC5 has a contrast ratio of 13.88:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #EBCBC5?
Its complementary colour is #C5E5EB, and analogous partners are #EBC5D2 and #EBDEC5.