#ECC5CA
Baby Pink · very light warm pink
About #ECC5CA
#ECC5CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 77% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 5.3); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5ECE7 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECC5CA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ECC5CA?
#ECC5CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 77% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #ECC5CA?
Use black text. Black on #ECC5CA has a contrast ratio of 13.41:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ECC5CA?
Its complementary colour is #C5ECE7, and analogous partners are #ECC5DD and #ECD4C5.