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#ECC0DB

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #ECC0DB

#ECC0DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 75% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.3); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C0ECD1 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECC0DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.13:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green192
Blue219

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.3
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #ECC0DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECC0DB.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECC0DB.
13.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC0DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC0DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C8DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBCFDA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2C0C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC0DB?

#ECC0DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 75% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC0DB?

Use black text. Black on #ECC0DB has a contrast ratio of 13.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC0DB?

Its complementary colour is #C0ECD1, and analogous partners are #E7C0EC and #ECC0C5.