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#ECC9BD

Baby Pink · very light warm orange

About #ECC9BD

#ECC9BD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 79% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.3); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDE0EC — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECC9BD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green201
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.8
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #ECC9BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC9BD.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC9BD.
13.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC9BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC9BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1CCBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D3BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5C4C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC9BD?

#ECC9BD is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 79% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC9BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECC9BD has a contrast ratio of 13.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC9BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDE0EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDC9 and #ECE1BD.