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#DF82BE

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #DF82BE

With the hex code #DF82BE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 51% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Wisteria and Hot Pink — a ΔE of 20.6 — followed by Hot Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #82DFA3, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 8.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green130
Blue190

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 20.6
Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 21.2
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 22.0

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

Text on #DF82BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #DF82BE.
2.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #DF82BE.
8.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DF82BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DF82BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8797C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9FA6BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E98398

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DF82BE?

With the hex code #DF82BE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 51% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DF82BE?

Use black text. Black on #DF82BE has a contrast ratio of 8.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DF82BE?

Its complementary colour is #82DFA3, and analogous partners are #D182DF and #DF8290.