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#EDCECC

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EDCECC

#EDCECC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.9); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCEBED — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDCECC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green206
Blue204

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #EDCECC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDCECC.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDCECC.
14.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDCECC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D2CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD7CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4CBCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDCECC?

#EDCECC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDCECC?

Use black text. Black on #EDCECC has a contrast ratio of 14.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDCECC?

Its complementary colour is #CCEBED, and analogous partners are #EDCCDB and #EDDFCC.