Palettes / Colors / #ECC5CC

#ECC5CC — Pale Muted Red

#ECC5CC is a red color we call Pale Muted Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #ECC5CC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ECC5CC is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C5ECE5; it also sits naturally between #ECC5E0 and #ECD2C5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 77% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 14% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #ECC5CC

.text { color: #ECC5CC; }
.background { background-color: #ECC5CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECC5CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 197, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(349, 51%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECC5CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 197, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECC5CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 197, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECC5CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECC5CC">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C5ECE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECC5CC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECC5CC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #ECC5CC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECC5CC rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECC5CB  ·  #ECC5CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECC5CC?

#ECC5CC is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 236, 197, 204). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECC5CC?

#ECC5CC is RGB 236, 197, 204 — HSL 349°, 51%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 14%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECC5CC?

Its complement is #C5ECE5; analogous partners are #ECC5E0 and #ECD2C5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECC5CC for text?

Black text on #ECC5CC has a contrast ratio of 13.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.