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#ECC1BD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #ECC1BD

With the hex code #ECC1BD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 76% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 20% 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 3.5 — followed by Melon. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BDE8EC, 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 — 12.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green193
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 3.5
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 9.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #ECC1BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC1BD.
1.62:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC1BD.
12.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC1BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC1BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C6BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3CEBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6BCC0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC1BD?

With the hex code #ECC1BD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 76% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC1BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECC1BD has a contrast ratio of 12.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC1BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDE8EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDD1 and #ECD9BD.