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#FDCBFA

#FDCBFA is a very light, vivid pink, close to the color Cotton Candy. In RGB it’s made of 99.2% red, 79.6% green, and 98% blue. Its hue is 304°, with 93% saturation and 89% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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This color as text on black

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #FDCBFA as they’d see it.

Typical vision#FDCBFA
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #FDCBFA

What color is #FDCBFA?

#FDCBFA is a very light, vivid pink, close to the color Cotton Candy. In RGB it’s made of 99.2% red, 79.6% green, and 98% blue. Its hue is 304°, with 93% saturation and 89% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #FDCBFA in RGB?

#FDCBFA is rgb(253, 203, 250): 253 red, 203 green, and 250 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #FDCBFA in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 20, 1, 1). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #FDCBFA?

PANTONE 243 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #FDCBFA?

Its complement #B6E7B9 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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