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#EFCED0

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFCED0

#EFCED0 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 81% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.5); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEEFED — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFCED0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green206
Blue208

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #EFCED0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCED0.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCED0.
14.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFCED0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFCED0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D2D0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD8D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6CBCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFCED0?

#EFCED0 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 81% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFCED0?

Use black text. Black on #EFCED0 has a contrast ratio of 14.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFCED0?

Its complementary colour is #CEEFED, and analogous partners are #EFCEE1 and #EFDDCE.