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#ECBDC6

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECBDC6

#ECBDC6 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 5.3); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDECE3 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ECBDC6 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green189
Blue198

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 5.3
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 6.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 6.7

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

Text on #ECBDC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBDC6.
1.66:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBDC6.
12.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECBDC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECBDC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3C4C6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECCC5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5BAC0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECBDC6?

#ECBDC6 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECBDC6?

Use black text. Black on #ECBDC6 has a contrast ratio of 12.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECBDC6?

Its complementary colour is #BDECE3, and analogous partners are #ECBDDE and #ECCCBD.