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#EDBAC2

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #EDBAC2

#EDBAC2 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 73% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 18% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.9); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BAEDE5 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EDBAC2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green186
Blue194

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 5.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 5.7

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

Text on #EDBAC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBAC2.
1.69:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBAC2.
12.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDBAC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDBAC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C2C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDCAC1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7B6BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDBAC2?

#EDBAC2 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 73% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 18% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDBAC2?

Use black text. Black on #EDBAC2 has a contrast ratio of 12.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDBAC2?

Its complementary colour is #BAEDE5, and analogous partners are #EDBADC and #EDCBBA.