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#FEDAE8

Baby Pink · very light warm white

About #FEDAE8

#FEDAE8 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 85% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 9% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 12.2); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DAFEF0 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FEDAE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red254
Green218
Blue232

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 12.2
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #FEDAE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FEDAE8.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FEDAE8.
16.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FEDAE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FEDAE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDE0E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E5E7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFD9DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FEDAE8?

#FEDAE8 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 85% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 9% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FEDAE8?

Use black text. Black on #FEDAE8 has a contrast ratio of 16.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FEDAE8?

Its complementary colour is #DAFEF0, and analogous partners are #FEDAFA and #FEDEDA.