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#F0C5CC

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #F0C5CC

#F0C5CC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 77% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 4.8); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C5F0E9 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F0C5CC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.56:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red240
Green197
Blue204

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 7.5
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #F0C5CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #F0C5CC.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #F0C5CC.
13.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F0C5CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F0C5CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBCBCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D3CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9C2C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F0C5CC?

#F0C5CC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 77% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F0C5CC?

Use black text. Black on #F0C5CC has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F0C5CC?

Its complementary colour is #C5F0E9, and analogous partners are #F0C5E2 and #F0D3C5.