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#FCD6E5

Bubblegum · very light warm pink

About #FCD6E5

#FCD6E5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 84% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 9% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bubblegum (ΔE 11.2); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D6FCED — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FCD6E5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.89:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red252
Green214
Blue229

Closest named colours

Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 11.2
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #FCD6E5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bubblegum #FCD6E5.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bubblegum #FCD6E5.
15.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FCD6E5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FCD6E5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DCE6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E2E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD5DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FCD6E5?

#FCD6E5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 84% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 9% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FCD6E5?

Use black text. Black on #FCD6E5 has a contrast ratio of 15.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FCD6E5?

Its complementary colour is #D6FCED, and analogous partners are #FCD6F8 and #FCDAD6.