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#EFCFCF

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #EFCFCF

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

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.8); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFEFEF — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFCFCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green207
Blue207

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #EFCFCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCFCF.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #EFCFCF.
14.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFCFCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D3CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD9CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6CCCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFCFCF?

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

›What text colour should I use on #EFCFCF?

Use black text. Black on #EFCFCF has a contrast ratio of 14.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFCFCF?

Its complementary colour is #CFEFEF, and analogous partners are #EFCFDF and #EFDFCF.