Cotton Candy (#FFBCD9)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 1.56:1 — vs black: 13.45:1

Color values

HEX #FFBCD9
RGB rgb(255, 188, 217)
HSL hsl(334, 100%, 86%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 26, 15, 0 )
Websafe #FFCCCC

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Tags

Mood

Style

Neon (200) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Background (190)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FFBCD9 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Cotton Candy
#FFBCD9 Base

#BCFFE2

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Cotton Candy
#FFBCD9 Base

#FFBCFA

#FFC0BC

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Cotton Candy
#FFBCD9 Base

#D9FFBC

#BCD9FF

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Cotton Candy
#FFBCD9 Base

#BCFFC0

#BCFAFF

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Cotton Candy
#FFBCD9 Base

#FAFFBC

#BCFFE2

#C0BCFF

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Cotton Candy
#FFBCD9 Base

#FF2382

#FF6FAE

#FF93C2

#FFE5F0

#FFE6F1

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Cotton Candy, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #1A000B

— #6D002F

— #C10053

— #FF157A

— #FF68AA

Cotton Candy #FFBCD9 Base

— #FFC4DE

— #FFCDE2

— #FFD5E7

— #FFDDEC

— #FFE6F1

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FFBCD9. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FFBCD9;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FFBCD9;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FFBCD9;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FFBCD9,
        #BCFFE2
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FFBCD9,
        #BCFFE2
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$cotton-candy: #FFBCD9;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$cotton-candy-r: 255;
$cotton-candy-g: 188;
$cotton-candy-b: 217;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $cotton-candy;
    color: rgba($cotton-candy-r, $cotton-candy-g, $cotton-candy-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Cotton Candy appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #FFBCD9 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #D2D2D7 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #C5C5D9 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #FCC0C0 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #CFCFCF Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Cotton Candy ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Cotton Candy #FFBCD9 Base

Lavender Pink #FBAED2 ΔE 3.39

Light Hot Pink #FFB3DE ΔE 3.81

Nadeshiko Pink #F6ADC6 ΔE 3.91

Cameo Pink #EFBBCC ΔE 4.33

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.