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#EDCED3

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EDCED3

With the hex code #EDCED3, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 81% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 8.6 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CEEDE8, a pale mint shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green206
Blue211

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #EDCED3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDCED3.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EDCED3.
14.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDCED3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDCED3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2D2D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D8D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3CCD0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDCED3?

With the hex code #EDCED3, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 81% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EDCED3?

Use black text. Black on #EDCED3 has a contrast ratio of 14.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDCED3?

Its complementary colour is #CEEDE8, and analogous partners are #EDCEE3 and #EDD9CE.