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#FFB4FB

Mauve · very light warm pink

About #FFB4FB

#FFB4FB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 71% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mauve (ΔE 11.3); Wisteria comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B4FFB8 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFB4FB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.17:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green180
Blue251

Closest named colours

Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 11.3
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 16.5
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 23.3

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

Text on #FFB4FB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mauve #FFB4FB.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mauve #FFB4FB.
13.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB4FB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB4FB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B0C7FE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2D0F8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBACD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB4FB?

#FFB4FB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 71% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB4FB?

Use black text. Black on #FFB4FB has a contrast ratio of 13.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB4FB?

Its complementary colour is #B4FFB8, and analogous partners are #DEB4FF and #FFB4D6.