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#ECD7D3

Bone · very light warm pink

About #ECD7D3

#ECD7D3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bone (ΔE 8.0); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3E8EC — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD7D3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green215
Blue211

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #ECD7D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #ECD7D3.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #ECD7D3.
15.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD7D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD7D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD9D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DDD3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2D5D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD7D3?

#ECD7D3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD7D3?

Use black text. Black on #ECD7D3 has a contrast ratio of 15.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD7D3?

Its complementary colour is #D3E8EC, and analogous partners are #ECD3DB and #ECE4D3.