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#ECC4C8

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #ECC4C8

#ECC4C8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 77% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.6); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4ECE8 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECC4C8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green196
Blue200

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.0
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #ECC4C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC4C8.
1.58:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC4C8.
13.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC4C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC4C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CACAC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D0C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4C1C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC4C8?

#ECC4C8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 77% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC4C8?

Use black text. Black on #ECC4C8 has a contrast ratio of 13.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC4C8?

Its complementary colour is #C4ECE8, and analogous partners are #ECC4DC and #ECD4C4.