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#ECD2DB

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #ECD2DB

#ECD2DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 10.7); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2ECE3 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD2DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green210
Blue219

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.8
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #ECD2DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECD2DB.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECD2DB.
14.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD2DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD2DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D6DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DADADA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1D1D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD2DB?

#ECD2DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD2DB?

Use black text. Black on #ECD2DB has a contrast ratio of 14.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD2DB?

Its complementary colour is #D2ECE3, and analogous partners are #ECD2E8 and #ECD6D2.