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#EDBCBD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #EDBCBD

#EDBCBD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Baby Pink (ΔE 2.3); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCEDEC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EDBCBD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.53:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green188
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.3
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.5
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.7

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

Text on #EDBCBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBCBD.
1.68:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBCBD.
12.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDBCBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C3BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0CBBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7B8BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDBCBD?

#EDBCBD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDBCBD?

Use black text. Black on #EDBCBD has a contrast ratio of 12.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDBCBD?

Its complementary colour is #BCEDEC, and analogous partners are #EDBCD5 and #EDD4BC.