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#FFB1DE

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFB1DE

With the hex code #FFB1DE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 69% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Light Pink and Lilac — a ΔE of 17.6 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B1FFD2, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.60:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green177
Blue222

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 17.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 18.2

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

Text on #FFB1DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB1DE.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB1DE.
12.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB1DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB1DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6C1E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8CDDC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB1C1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB1DE?

With the hex code #FFB1DE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 69% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB1DE?

Use black text. Black on #FFB1DE has a contrast ratio of 12.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB1DE?

Its complementary colour is #B1FFD2, and analogous partners are #F9B1FF and #FFB1B7.