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#ECC5DF

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #ECC5DF

#ECC5DF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 77% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.1); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5ECD2 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECC5DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green197
Blue223

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.3
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #ECC5DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECC5DF.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECC5DF.
13.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC5DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC5DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6CDE0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CED2DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1C6CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC5DF?

#ECC5DF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 77% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC5DF?

Use black text. Black on #ECC5DF has a contrast ratio of 13.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC5DF?

Its complementary colour is #C5ECD2, and analogous partners are #E6C5EC and #ECC5CC.