#ECBEC5
Baby Pink · light warm pink
About #ECBEC5
#ECBEC5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 75% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.4); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEECE5 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #ECBEC5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #ECBEC5
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #ECBEC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ECBEC5?
#ECBEC5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 75% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #ECBEC5?
Use black text. Black on #ECBEC5 has a contrast ratio of 12.74:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ECBEC5?
Its complementary colour is #BEECE5, and analogous partners are #ECBEDC and #ECCEBE.