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#EDBBBB

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #EDBBBB

#EDBBBB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 73% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Baby Pink (ΔE 2.5); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBEDED — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EDBBBB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green187
Blue187

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #EDBBBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBBBB.
1.69:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBBBB.
12.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDBBBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C2BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCBBA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8B6BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDBBBB?

#EDBBBB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 73% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDBBBB?

Use black text. Black on #EDBBBB has a contrast ratio of 12.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDBBBB?

Its complementary colour is #BBEDED, and analogous partners are #EDBBD4 and #EDD4BB.