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#EBD5D3

Light Gray · very light warm pink

About #EBD5D3

#EBD5D3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 8.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3E9EB — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBD5D3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.99:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green213
Blue211

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #EBD5D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #EBD5D3.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #EBD5D3.
14.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBD5D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBD5D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D7D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEDBD3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1D3D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBD5D3?

#EBD5D3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBD5D3?

Use black text. Black on #EBD5D3 has a contrast ratio of 14.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBD5D3?

Its complementary colour is #D3E9EB, and analogous partners are #EBD3DD and #EBE1D3.