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#FFCBC3

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #FFCBC3

#FFCBC3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 80% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 5.3); Melon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3F7FF — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFCBC3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green203
Blue195

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 5.3
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 6.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #FFCBC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FFCBC3.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #FFCBC3.
14.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFCBC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFCBC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D1C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DBC2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFC5C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFCBC3?

#FFCBC3 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 80% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFCBC3?

Use black text. Black on #FFCBC3 has a contrast ratio of 14.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFCBC3?

Its complementary colour is #C3F7FF, and analogous partners are #FFC3D9 and #FFE9C3.