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#EDC7BC

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EDC7BC

With the hex code #EDC7BC, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 7.1 — followed by Apricot. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCE2ED, a light blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.50:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green199
Blue188

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.1
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 10.3
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #EDC7BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDC7BC.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDC7BC.
13.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDC7BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDC7BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCBBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D2BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7C2C4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDC7BC?

With the hex code #EDC7BC, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EDC7BC?

Use black text. Black on #EDC7BC has a contrast ratio of 13.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDC7BC?

Its complementary colour is #BCE2ED, and analogous partners are #EDBCCA and #EDE0BC.