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#ECBDC0

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECBDC0

#ECBDC0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Baby Pink (ΔE 2.8); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDECE9 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ECBDC0 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green189
Blue192

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #ECBDC0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBDC0.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBDC0.
12.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECBDC0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECBDC0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5C3C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCCBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6B9BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECBDC0?

#ECBDC0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECBDC0?

Use black text. Black on #ECBDC0 has a contrast ratio of 12.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECBDC0?

Its complementary colour is #BDECE9, and analogous partners are #ECBDD8 and #ECD2BD.