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#ECD3DA

Light Gray · very light warm pink

About #ECD3DA

#ECD3DA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 10.1); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3ECE5 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD3DA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.90:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green211
Blue218

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.1
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #ECD3DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #ECD3DA.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #ECD3DA.
14.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD3DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD3DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D7DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBDBD9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1D2D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD3DA?

#ECD3DA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD3DA?

Use black text. Black on #ECD3DA has a contrast ratio of 14.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD3DA?

Its complementary colour is #D3ECE5, and analogous partners are #ECD3E7 and #ECD9D3.