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#FDDBD6

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #FDDBD6

#FDDBD6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 86% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 10.0); Linen comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D6F8FD — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDDBD6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green219
Blue214

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.0
Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 10.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #FDDBD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FDDBD6.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FDDBD6.
16.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDDBD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDDBD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DFD6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E5D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD7DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDDBD6?

#FDDBD6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 86% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDDBD6?

Use black text. Black on #FDDBD6 has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDDBD6?

Its complementary colour is #D6F8FD, and analogous partners are #FDD6E5 and #FDEFD6.