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#FFB3DD

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFB3DD

#FFB3DD is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 70% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink (ΔE 16.0), with Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B3FFD5 (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green179
Blue221

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 16.0
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 16.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 16.7

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

Text on #FFB3DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DD.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DD.
12.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB3DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB3DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8C2DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACEDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB2C1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB3DD?

#FFB3DD is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 70% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB3DD?

Use black text. Black on #FFB3DD has a contrast ratio of 12.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB3DD?

Its complementary colour is #B3FFD5, and analogous partners are #FBB3FF and #FFB3B7.