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#FFB3DF

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFB3DF

With the hex code #FFB3DF, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 70% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% 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 17.1 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3FFD3, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green179
Blue223

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 17.1
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.2
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 17.5

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

Text on #FFB3DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DF.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFB3DF.
12.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB3DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB3DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B7C2E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9CEDD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB3C2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB3DF?

With the hex code #FFB3DF, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 70% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB3DF?

Use black text. Black on #FFB3DF has a contrast ratio of 12.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB3DF?

Its complementary colour is #B3FFD3, and analogous partners are #F9B3FF and #FFB3B9.