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#EDBDBC

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #EDBDBC

#EDBDBC 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, 20% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Baby Pink (ΔE 2.2); Melon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCECED — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EDBDBC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green189
Blue188

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.2
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 8.2
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 8.4

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

Text on #EDBDBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBDBC.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDBDBC.
12.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDBDBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C3BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1CCBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7B8BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDBDBC?

#EDBDBC 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, 20% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDBDBC?

Use black text. Black on #EDBDBC has a contrast ratio of 12.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDBDBC?

Its complementary colour is #BCECED, and analogous partners are #EDBCD4 and #EDD6BC.