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#EFC2C4

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFC2C4

#EFC2C4 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 76% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 18% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Baby Pink (ΔE 2.3); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2EFED — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFC2C4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green194
Blue196

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.3
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #EFC2C4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC2C4.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC2C4.
13.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFC2C4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFC2C4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9C8C4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D0C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9BEC3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFC2C4?

#EFC2C4 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 76% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 18% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFC2C4?

Use black text. Black on #EFC2C4 has a contrast ratio of 13.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFC2C4?

Its complementary colour is #C2EFED, and analogous partners are #EFC2DB and #EFD6C2.