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#F3CEDB

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #F3CEDB

#F3CEDB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 81% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.5); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEF3E6 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F3CEDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red243
Green206
Blue219

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #F3CEDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #F3CEDB.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #F3CEDB.
14.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F3CEDB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F3CEDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D4DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DADADA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F9CDD2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F3CEDB?

#F3CEDB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 81% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F3CEDB?

Use black text. Black on #F3CEDB has a contrast ratio of 14.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F3CEDB?

Its complementary colour is #CEF3E6, and analogous partners are #F3CEED and #F3D4CE.