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#EDBCBE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #EDBCBE

With the hex code #EDBCBE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 2.5 — followed by Bubblegum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCEDEB, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green188
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.2
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.4

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

Text on #EDBCBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBCBE.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBCBE.
12.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDBCBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C3BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFCBBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7B8BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDBCBE?

With the hex code #EDBCBE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EDBCBE?

Use black text. Black on #EDBCBE has a contrast ratio of 12.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDBCBE?

Its complementary colour is #BCEDEB, and analogous partners are #EDBCD6 and #EDD3BC.