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#FDBCF0

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FDBCF0

With the hex code #FDBCF0, this is a very light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 74% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 5% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Wisteria and Mauve — a ΔE of 15.6 — followed by Mauve. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCFDC9, a seafoam shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green188
Blue240

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 15.6
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 16.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #FDBCF0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF0.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF0.
13.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDBCF0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDBCF0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BCCBF2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBD3EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBFCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDBCF0?

With the hex code #FDBCF0, this is a very light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 74% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 5% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FDBCF0?

Use black text. Black on #FDBCF0 has a contrast ratio of 13.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDBCF0?

Its complementary colour is #BCFDC9, and analogous partners are #EABCFD and #FDBCD0.