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#ECBDC3

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECBDC3

#ECBDC3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 3.9); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDECE6 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ECBDC3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.63:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green189
Blue195

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 3.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 6.7
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #ECBDC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBDC3.
1.66:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBDC3.
12.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECBDC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECBDC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C4C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCCC2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5BABF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECBDC3?

#ECBDC3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECBDC3?

Use black text. Black on #ECBDC3 has a contrast ratio of 12.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECBDC3?

Its complementary colour is #BDECE6, and analogous partners are #ECBDDB and #ECCFBD.