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#FFBBE2

Pink · very light warm pink

About #FFBBE2

#FFBBE2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 73% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pink (ΔE 14.5); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBFFD8 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFBBE2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green187
Blue226

Closest named colours

Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 14.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 14.5
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #FFBBE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBBE2.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBBE2.
13.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFBBE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFBBE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFC8E4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD3E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBBC8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBBE2?

#FFBBE2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 73% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBBE2?

Use black text. Black on #FFBBE2 has a contrast ratio of 13.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBBE2?

Its complementary colour is #BBFFD8, and analogous partners are #FABBFF and #FFBBC0.