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#FFABD4

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFABD4

#FFABD4 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 67% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 33% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink (ΔE 15.8); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABFFD6 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FFABD4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.03:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green171
Blue212

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 15.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 17.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #FFABD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFABD4.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFABD4.
12.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFABD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFABD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2BCD6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C9D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA9B9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFABD4?

#FFABD4 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 67% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 33% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFABD4?

Use black text. Black on #FFABD4 has a contrast ratio of 12.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFABD4?

Its complementary colour is #ABFFD6, and analogous partners are #FFABFE and #FFACAB.