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#FDBCF1

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FDBCF1

#FDBCF1 is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 99% red, 74% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 5% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Wisteria and Mauve (ΔE 15.5), with Mauve the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BCFDC8 (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red253
Green188
Blue241

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 15.5
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 16.2
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.0

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

Text on #FDBCF1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF1.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF1.
13.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDBCF1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDBCF1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBCBF3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAD4EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBFCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDBCF1?

#FDBCF1 is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 99% red, 74% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 5% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDBCF1?

Use black text. Black on #FDBCF1 has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDBCF1?

Its complementary colour is #BCFDC8, and analogous partners are #E9BCFD and #FDBCD1.