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#FFBCE4

#FFBCE4 is a very light, vivid pink, close to the color Cotton Candy. In RGB it’s made of 100% red, 73.7% green, and 89.4% blue. Its hue is 324°, with 100% saturation and 87% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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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 #FFBCE4 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#FFBCE4
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 #FFBCE4

What color is #FFBCE4?

#FFBCE4 is a very light, vivid pink, close to the color Cotton Candy. In RGB it’s made of 100% red, 73.7% green, and 89.4% blue. Its hue is 324°, with 100% saturation and 87% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #FFBCE4 in RGB?

#FFBCE4 is rgb(255, 188, 228): 255 red, 188 green, and 228 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #FFBCE4 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 26, 11, 0). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #FFBCE4?

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 #FFBCE4?

Its complement #9BDEB7 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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