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#ECBEC9

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECBEC9

With the hex code #ECBEC9, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 75% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 6.3 — followed by Bubblegum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEECE1, a pale mint shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green190
Blue201

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.3
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 #ECBEC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBEC9.
1.64:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECBEC9.
12.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECBEC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECBEC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C5C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CECDC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5BBC2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECBEC9?

With the hex code #ECBEC9, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 75% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECBEC9?

Use black text. Black on #ECBEC9 has a contrast ratio of 12.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECBEC9?

Its complementary colour is #BEECE1, and analogous partners are #ECBEE0 and #ECCABE.