PINK

Cotton Candy

#FBCCE7

Conversions

HEX#FBCCE7

RGBrgb(251, 204, 231)

HSLhsl(326, 85%, 89%)

HSVhsv(326, 19%, 98%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 19%, 8%, 2%)

Copy CSS

color: #fbcce7;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(251, 204, 231);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(326, 85%, 89%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 1.41 : 1

On ink blackPass · 13.57 : 1

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Pairings

About Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy is the hex color #FBCCE7, which translates to rgb(251, 204, 231) in RGB and hsl(326, 85%, 89%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 326 degrees, with a saturation of 85 percent and a lightness of 89 percent. That puts Cotton Candy at the pale end of the pink range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Cotton Candy compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is thistle (#D8BFD8), a CIE76 distance of 10.4 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is pink-200 (#FCCEE8), at a distance of 0.9. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Pink Lace at 7.1. Sorted by lightness, Cotton Candy is number 26 of the 27 pink colors here.

Text on Cotton Candy

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Cotton Candy, led by Ink black at 13.57:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Cotton Candy already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Cotton Candy. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	1.41:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	13.57:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	3.43:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Dark grey #374151	7.31:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Cotton Candy

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Cotton Candy for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Cotton Candy

Format	Value
HEX	#FBCCE7
RGB	rgb(251, 204, 231)
HSL	hsl(326, 85%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(326, 19%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 8%, 2%)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.0632 343.03)
CIELAB	lab(86.73 20.85 -7.03)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.