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#EBCCC4

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EBCCC4

#EBCCC4 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, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.5); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4E3EB — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBCCC4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green204
Blue196

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #EBCCC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBCCC4.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EBCCC4.
13.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBCCC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBCCC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3CFC3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD5C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3C8CA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBCCC4?

#EBCCC4 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, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBCCC4?

Use black text. Black on #EBCCC4 has a contrast ratio of 13.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBCCC4?

Its complementary colour is #C4E3EB, and analogous partners are #EBC4D0 and #EBE0C4.