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#EFB8BD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #EFB8BD

With the hex code #EFB8BD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 94% red, 72% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 21% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 4.4 — followed by Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8EFEA, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green184
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 5.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 5.5

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

Text on #EFB8BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFB8BD.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFB8BD.
12.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFB8BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFB8BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C0BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDCABC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FAB3BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFB8BD?

With the hex code #EFB8BD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 94% red, 72% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 21% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EFB8BD?

Use black text. Black on #EFB8BD has a contrast ratio of 12.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFB8BD?

Its complementary colour is #B8EFEA, and analogous partners are #EFB8D9 and #EFCEB8.