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#EFC2CA

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFC2CA

#EFC2CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 76% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.8); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2EFE7 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFC2CA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.24:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green194
Blue202

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 6.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.1

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

Text on #EFC2CA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC2CA.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC2CA.
13.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFC2CA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFC2CA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C8C9CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D0C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8BFC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFC2CA?

#EFC2CA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 76% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFC2CA?

Use black text. Black on #EFC2CA has a contrast ratio of 13.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFC2CA?

Its complementary colour is #C2EFE7, and analogous partners are #EFC2E1 and #EFD0C2.