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#FFC4BF

Melon · very light warm pink

About #FFC4BF

With the hex code #FFC4BF, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 77% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Melon — a ΔE of 4.0 — followed by Baby Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFFAFF, a powder blue shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green196
Blue191

Closest named colours

Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 4.0
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 4.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #FFC4BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on melon #FFC4BF.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on melon #FFC4BF.
13.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFC4BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFC4BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCBBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDD7BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFBEC3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFC4BF?

With the hex code #FFC4BF, this is a very light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 77% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFC4BF?

Use black text. Black on #FFC4BF has a contrast ratio of 13.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFC4BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFFAFF, and analogous partners are #FFBFDA and #FFE4BF.