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#EFCDC7

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFCDC7

#EFCDC7 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 94% red, 80% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.2), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C7E9EF (powder blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green205
Blue199

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #EFCDC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCDC7.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCDC7.
14.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFCDC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFCDC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D1C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD7C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F8C9CB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFCDC7?

#EFCDC7 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 94% red, 80% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFCDC7?

Use black text. Black on #EFCDC7 has a contrast ratio of 14.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFCDC7?

Its complementary colour is #C7E9EF, and analogous partners are #EFC7D5 and #EFE1C7.