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#FFB3DC

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFB3DC

With the hex code #FFB3DC, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 70% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 14% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink — a ΔE of 15.5 — followed by Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3FFD6, 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 12.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green179
Blue220

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 15.5
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 16.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #FFB3DC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DC.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DC.
12.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB3DC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB3DC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8C2DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACEDA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB2C1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB3DC?

With the hex code #FFB3DC, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 70% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 14% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB3DC?

Use black text. Black on #FFB3DC has a contrast ratio of 12.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB3DC?

Its complementary colour is #B3FFD6, and analogous partners are #FCB3FF and #FFB3B6.