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#FFBDC2

Pink · very light warm pink

About #FFBDC2

#FFBDC2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 74% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pink (ΔE 3.6); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDFFFA — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFBDC2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green189
Blue194

Closest named colours

Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 3.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 3.9
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 4.3

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

Text on #FFBDC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBDC2.
1.58:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBDC2.
13.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFBDC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFBDC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C8C7C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D2C1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB7BF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBDC2?

#FFBDC2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 74% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBDC2?

Use black text. Black on #FFBDC2 has a contrast ratio of 13.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBDC2?

Its complementary colour is #BDFFFA, and analogous partners are #FFBDE3 and #FFD9BD.