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#ECC3BD

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #ECC3BD

#ECC3BD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 76% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.5); Melon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDE6EC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECC3BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green195
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.5
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 9.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #ECC3BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC3BD.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC3BD.
13.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC3BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC3BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBC8BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4CFBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6BEC1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC3BD?

#ECC3BD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 76% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC3BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECC3BD has a contrast ratio of 13.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC3BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDE6EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDCF and #ECDBBD.