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#A67B98

Lilac · medium warm pink

About #A67B98

With the hex code #A67B98, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 48% green and 60% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 8% yellow and 35% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Lilac and Rose Gold — a ΔE of 15.3 — followed by Rose Gold. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #7BA689, a sage shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 5.91:1 (a WCAG AA pass).

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Red166
Green123
Blue152

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 15.3
Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 17.9
Old Rose
#C08081 · ΔE 19.3

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

Text on #A67B98

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #A67B98.
3.55:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #A67B98.
5.91:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A67B98 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A67B98
Protanopia (no red cones)
#7C8499
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#868A97
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AB7C85

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A67B98?

With the hex code #A67B98, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 48% green and 60% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 8% yellow and 35% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A67B98?

Use black text. Black on #A67B98 has a contrast ratio of 5.91:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #A67B98?

Its complementary colour is #7BA689, and analogous partners are #9F7BA6 and #A67B82.