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#EFCDCB

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFCDCB

#EFCDCB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 80% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.8); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBEDEF — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFCDCB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green205
Blue203

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #EFCDCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCDCB.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCDCB.
14.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFCDCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D1CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD7CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F7CACD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFCDCB?

#EFCDCB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 80% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFCDCB?

Use black text. Black on #EFCDCB has a contrast ratio of 14.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFCDCB?

Its complementary colour is #CBEDEF, and analogous partners are #EFCBDB and #EFDFCB.