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#ECCDD4

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #ECCDD4

#ECCDD4 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 80% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.9); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDECE5 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECCDD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green205
Blue212

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #ECCDD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECCDD4.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECCDD4.
14.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECCDD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECCDD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D2D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D7D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2CBCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECCDD4?

#ECCDD4 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 80% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECCDD4?

Use black text. Black on #ECCDD4 has a contrast ratio of 14.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECCDD4?

Its complementary colour is #CDECE5, and analogous partners are #ECCDE3 and #ECD6CD.