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#EFCAC2

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFCAC2

#EFCAC2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 79% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.5); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2E7EF — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFCAC2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.90:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green202
Blue194

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 11.3
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #EFCAC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCAC2.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCAC2.
13.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFCAC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFCAC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2CEC1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD5C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8C6C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFCAC2?

#EFCAC2 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 79% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFCAC2?

Use black text. Black on #EFCAC2 has a contrast ratio of 13.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFCAC2?

Its complementary colour is #C2E7EF, and analogous partners are #EFC2D1 and #EFE1C2.