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#EEC9CA

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EEC9CA

#EEC9CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 79% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 5.4); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C9EEED — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEC9CA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green201
Blue202

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 5.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.7
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #EEC9CA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EEC9CA.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EEC9CA.
13.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEC9CA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEC9CA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCECA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D4C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6C6CA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEC9CA?

#EEC9CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 79% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEC9CA?

Use black text. Black on #EEC9CA has a contrast ratio of 13.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEC9CA?

Its complementary colour is #C9EEED, and analogous partners are #EEC9DD and #EEDAC9.