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#DCACE4

Wisteria · light cool pink

About #DCACE4

#DCACE4 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 67% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Wisteria (ΔE 6.0); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B4E4AC — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DCACE4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green172
Blue228

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 6.0
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 11.1
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #DCACE4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #DCACE4.
1.90:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #DCACE4.
11.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DCACE4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DCACE4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7B9E6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B1BEE2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEB1C0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCACE4?

#DCACE4 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 67% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DCACE4?

Use black text. Black on #DCACE4 has a contrast ratio of 11.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCACE4?

Its complementary colour is #B4E4AC, and analogous partners are #C0ACE4 and #E4ACD0.