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#FDBCF3

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FDBCF3

With the hex code #FDBCF3, this is a very light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 74% green and 95% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 4% 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 15.2 — followed by Mauve. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCFDC6, a seafoam shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red253
Green188
Blue243

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 15.2
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 15.3
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #FDBCF3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF3.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDBCF3.
13.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDBCF3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDBCF3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBCBF5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAD4F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBFCF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDBCF3?

With the hex code #FDBCF3, this is a very light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 99% red, 74% green and 95% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 4% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FDBCF3?

Use black text. Black on #FDBCF3 has a contrast ratio of 13.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDBCF3?

Its complementary colour is #BCFDC6, and analogous partners are #E7BCFD and #FDBCD2.