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#FDCDC6

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #FDCDC6

#FDCDC6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 80% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 22% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 5.1); Melon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6F6FD — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDCDC6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green205
Blue198

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 5.1
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 8.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #FDCDC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FDCDC6.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FDCDC6.
14.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDCDC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDCDC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D3C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DCC6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFC8CB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDCDC6?

#FDCDC6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 80% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 22% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDCDC6?

Use black text. Black on #FDCDC6 has a contrast ratio of 14.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDCDC6?

Its complementary colour is #C6F6FD, and analogous partners are #FDC6DB and #FDE8C6.