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#ECBAB7

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECBAB7

#ECBAB7 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 73% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 3.4); Melon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B7E9EC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ECBAB7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green186
Blue183

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 3.4
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 7.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #ECBAB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBAB7.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBAB7.
12.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECBAB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECBAB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3C0B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCAB6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7B5B9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECBAB7?

#ECBAB7 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 73% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECBAB7?

Use black text. Black on #ECBAB7 has a contrast ratio of 12.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECBAB7?

Its complementary colour is #B7E9EC, and analogous partners are #ECB7CF and #ECD4B7.