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#EECCC9

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EECCC9

#EECCC9 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 80% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.7), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C9EBEE (powder blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green204
Blue201

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #EECCC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EECCC9.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EECCC9.
14.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EECCC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EECCC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2D0C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD6C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6C9CB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EECCC9?

#EECCC9 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 80% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 16% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EECCC9?

Use black text. Black on #EECCC9 has a contrast ratio of 14.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EECCC9?

Its complementary colour is #C9EBEE, and analogous partners are #EEC9D9 and #EEDFC9.