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#FFBBDF

Pink · very light warm pink

About #FFBBDF

#FFBBDF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 73% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pink (ΔE 12.9); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBFFDB — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFBBDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green187
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 12.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.0
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #FFBBDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBBDF.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBBDF.
13.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFBBDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C8E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD3DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBAC7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBBDF?

#FFBBDF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 73% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBBDF?

Use black text. Black on #FFBBDF has a contrast ratio of 13.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBBDF?

Its complementary colour is #BBFFDB, and analogous partners are #FDBBFF and #FFBBBD.