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#ECC7BD

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #ECC7BD

With the hex code #ECC7BD, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Apricot. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BDE2EC, a powder blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green199
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.0
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 10.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #ECC7BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC7BD.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC7BD.
13.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC7BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC7BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCBBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D2BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6C2C4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC7BD?

With the hex code #ECC7BD, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC7BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECC7BD has a contrast ratio of 13.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC7BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDE2EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDCB and #ECDFBD.