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#ECBEBD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECBEBD

With the hex code #ECBEBD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 75% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 2.4 — followed by Bubblegum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BDEBEC, 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 — 12.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green190
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 8.8
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #ECBEBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBEBD.
1.66:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBEBD.
12.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECBEBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C4BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1CCBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6BABE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECBEBD?

With the hex code #ECBEBD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 75% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECBEBD?

Use black text. Black on #ECBEBD has a contrast ratio of 12.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECBEBD?

Its complementary colour is #BDEBEC, and analogous partners are #ECBDD4 and #ECD6BD.