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#FCCFE3

Bubblegum · very light warm pink

About #FCCFE3

#FCCFE3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 81% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 10% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bubblegum (ΔE 9.3); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFFCE8 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FCCFE3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.17:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red252
Green207
Blue227

Closest named colours

Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.3
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 9.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #FCCFE3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bubblegum #FCCFE3.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bubblegum #FCCFE3.
15.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FCCFE3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FCCFE3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2D7E4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDDEE2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFCED6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCCFE3?

#FCCFE3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 81% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 10% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FCCFE3?

Use black text. Black on #FCCFE3 has a contrast ratio of 15.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCCFE3?

Its complementary colour is #CFFCE8, and analogous partners are #FCCFFA and #FCD2CF.