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#ECC6BD

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #ECC6BD

#ECC6BD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.4); Melon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDE3EC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECC6BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green198
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.4
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 11.0
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #ECC6BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC6BD.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC6BD.
13.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC6BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC6BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CECABC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D1BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6C1C4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC6BD?

#ECC6BD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC6BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECC6BD has a contrast ratio of 13.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC6BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDE3EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDCC and #ECDEBD.