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#FFB3DE

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFB3DE

#FFB3DE is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 70% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink (ΔE 16.6); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B3FFD4 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FFB3DE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green179
Blue222

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 16.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 17.0
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #FFB3DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DE.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DE.
12.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB3DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB3DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8C2E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACEDC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB3C2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB3DE?

#FFB3DE is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 70% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB3DE?

Use black text. Black on #FFB3DE has a contrast ratio of 12.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB3DE?

Its complementary colour is #B3FFD4, and analogous partners are #FAB3FF and #FFB3B8.