#FFBBBE
Light Pink · very light warm pink
About #FFBBBE
#FFBBBE is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 73% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Pink (ΔE 4.5); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBFFFC — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFBBBE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #FFBBBE?
#FFBBBE is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 73% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #FFBBBE?
Use black text. Black on #FFBBBE has a contrast ratio of 13.10:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #FFBBBE?
Its complementary colour is #BBFFFC, and analogous partners are #FFBBE0 and #FFDABB.