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#EECDD2

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EECDD2

#EECDD2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 80% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.8); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDEEE9 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EECDD2 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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Red238
Green205
Blue210

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #EECDD2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EECDD2.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EECDD2.
14.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EECDD2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EECDD2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D2D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D7D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5CBCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EECDD2?

#EECDD2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 80% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EECDD2?

Use black text. Black on #EECDD2 has a contrast ratio of 14.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EECDD2?

Its complementary colour is #CDEEE9, and analogous partners are #EECDE2 and #EED9CD.