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#ECCEC8

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #ECCEC8

With the hex code #ECCEC8, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 81% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 8.6 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C8E6EC, a ice blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.23:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green206
Blue200

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #ECCEC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECCEC8.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECCEC8.
14.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECCEC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECCEC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D1C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD7C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4CBCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECCEC8?

With the hex code #ECCEC8, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 81% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ECCEC8?

Use black text. Black on #ECCEC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECCEC8?

Its complementary colour is #C8E6EC, and analogous partners are #ECC8D4 and #ECE0C8.