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#EFC7C8

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFC7C8

#EFC7C8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 78% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 16% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.2); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7EFEE — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFC7C8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.67:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green199
Blue200

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.2
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #EFC7C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC7C8.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFC7C8.
13.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFC7C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFC7C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CECCC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D3C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8C4C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFC7C8?

#EFC7C8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 78% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 16% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFC7C8?

Use black text. Black on #EFC7C8 has a contrast ratio of 13.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFC7C8?

Its complementary colour is #C7EFEE, and analogous partners are #EFC7DC and #EFDAC7.