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#FFBDEE

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FFBDEE

#FFBDEE is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 74% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 7% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac (ΔE 16.7), with Lilac the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDFFCE (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.77:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green189
Blue238

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 16.7
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 16.7
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 18.3

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

Text on #FFBDEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFBDEE.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFBDEE.
13.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFBDEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BECBF0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDD5EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBFCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBDEE?

#FFBDEE is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 74% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 7% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBDEE?

Use black text. Black on #FFBDEE has a contrast ratio of 13.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBDEE?

Its complementary colour is #BDFFCE, and analogous partners are #EFBDFF and #FFBDCD.