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#D8ACDF

Wisteria · light cool pink

About #D8ACDF

#D8ACDF is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 67% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Wisteria (ΔE 6.8); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B3DFAC — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #D8ACDF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.89:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red216
Green172
Blue223

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 6.8
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 8.3
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #D8ACDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #D8ACDF.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #D8ACDF.
10.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D8ACDF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D8ACDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7B7E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B1BCDD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAB1BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D8ACDF?

#D8ACDF is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 67% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D8ACDF?

Use black text. Black on #D8ACDF has a contrast ratio of 10.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D8ACDF?

Its complementary colour is #B3DFAC, and analogous partners are #BEACDF and #DFACCD.