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#EDCECF

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EDCECF

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

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.0); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEEDEC — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDCECF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green206
Blue207

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #EDCECF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDCECF.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDCECF.
14.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDCECF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D2CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD7CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4CBCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDCECF?

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

›What text colour should I use on #EDCECF?

Use black text. Black on #EDCECF has a contrast ratio of 14.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDCECF?

Its complementary colour is #CEEDEC, and analogous partners are #EDCEDF and #EDDCCE.