#FDBCD4
Pink · very light warm pink
About #FDBCD4
#FDBCD4 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 74% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 16% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pink (ΔE 6.8); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCFDE5 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDBCD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.32:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #FDBCD4
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #FDBCD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #FDBCD4?
#FDBCD4 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 74% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 16% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #FDBCD4?
Use black text. Black on #FDBCD4 has a contrast ratio of 13.32:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #FDBCD4?
Its complementary colour is #BCFDE5, and analogous partners are #FDBCF5 and #FDC4BC.