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#F2CDCE

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #F2CDCE

#F2CDCE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.0); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDF2F1 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2CDCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red242
Green205
Blue206

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.0
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #F2CDCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #F2CDCE.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #F2CDCE.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2CDCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2CDCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D2CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD8CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FACACE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2CDCE?

#F2CDCE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F2CDCE?

Use black text. Black on #F2CDCE has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2CDCE?

Its complementary colour is #CDF2F1, and analogous partners are #F2CDE1 and #F2DECD.