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#FFBBBF

Light Pink · very light warm pink

About #FFBBBF

With the hex code #FFBBBF, this is a very light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Pink — a ΔE of 4.1 — followed by Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BBFFFB, a pale mint shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green187
Blue191

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 4.1
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 4.7
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 5.0

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

Text on #FFBBBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFBBBF.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFBBBF.
13.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFBBBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7C5BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D1BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB5BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBBBF?

With the hex code #FFBBBF, this is a very light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBBBF?

Use black text. Black on #FFBBBF has a contrast ratio of 13.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBBBF?

Its complementary colour is #BBFFFB, and analogous partners are #FFBBE1 and #FFD9BB.