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#FFBFDB

Bubblegum · very light warm pink

About #FFBFDB

#FFBFDB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 75% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 14% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bubblegum (ΔE 8.8); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFFFE3 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFBFDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green191
Blue219

Closest named colours

Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 8.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 8.8
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #FFBFDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bubblegum #FFBFDB.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bubblegum #FFBFDB.
13.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFBFDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C5CBDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D5D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBDC8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFBFDB?

#FFBFDB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 75% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 14% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFBFDB?

Use black text. Black on #FFBFDB has a contrast ratio of 13.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFBFDB?

Its complementary colour is #BFFFE3, and analogous partners are #FFBFFB and #FFC3BF.