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#ECBBB7

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECBBB7

With the hex code #ECBBB7, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 73% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 3.4 — followed by Melon. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B7E8EC, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.36:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green187
Blue183

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 3.4
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 7.2
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #ECBBB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBBB7.
1.70:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBBB7.
12.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECBBB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECBBB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C1B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0CAB6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7B6BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECBBB7?

With the hex code #ECBBB7, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 73% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECBBB7?

Use black text. Black on #ECBBB7 has a contrast ratio of 12.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECBBB7?

Its complementary colour is #B7E8EC, and analogous partners are #ECB7CE and #ECD5B7.