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#EFC4C2

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFC4C2

#EFC4C2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 77% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Baby Pink (ΔE 2.9); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2EDEF — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFC4C2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.35:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green196
Blue194

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 2.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #EFC4C2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC4C2.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC4C2.
13.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFC4C2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFC4C2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCC9C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1C1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9C0C4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFC4C2?

#EFC4C2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 77% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFC4C2?

Use black text. Black on #EFC4C2 has a contrast ratio of 13.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFC4C2?

Its complementary colour is #C2EDEF, and analogous partners are #EFC2D7 and #EFDBC2.