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#FBE9FB

Lavender · very light warm white

About #FBE9FB

With the hex code #FBE9FB, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 98% red, 91% green and 98% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lavender — a ΔE of 6.8 — followed by Snow. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E9FBE9, a ivory shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red251
Green233
Blue251

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.8
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 11.2
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #FBE9FB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FBE9FB.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FBE9FB.
18.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FBE9FB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FBE9FB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8EDFC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECEFFA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FCEAEF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FBE9FB?

With the hex code #FBE9FB, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 98% red, 91% green and 98% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FBE9FB?

Use black text. Black on #FBE9FB has a contrast ratio of 18.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FBE9FB?

Its complementary colour is #E9FBE9, and analogous partners are #F2E9FB and #FBE9F2.