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#FDBCF2

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FDBCF2

#FDBCF2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 74% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 4% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Wisteria and Mauve (ΔE 15.3); Mauve comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCFDC7 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDBCF2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green188
Blue242

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 15.3
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 15.7
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #FDBCF2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF2.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF2.
13.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDBCF2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDBCF2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBCBF4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAD4F0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBFCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDBCF2?

#FDBCF2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 74% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 4% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDBCF2?

Use black text. Black on #FDBCF2 has a contrast ratio of 13.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDBCF2?

Its complementary colour is #BCFDC7, and analogous partners are #E8BCFD and #FDBCD2.