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#FFBDE3

Pink · very light warm pink

About #FFBDE3

#FFBDE3 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 74% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pink (ΔE 13.9); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDFFD9 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFBDE3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green189
Blue227

Closest named colours

Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 13.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.9
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 14.9

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

Text on #FFBDE3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBDE3.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pink #FFBDE3.
13.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFBDE3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFBDE3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1CAE5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D4E1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBDCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBDE3?

#FFBDE3 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 74% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBDE3?

Use black text. Black on #FFBDE3 has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBDE3?

Its complementary colour is #BDFFD9, and analogous partners are #FABDFF and #FFBDC2.