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#DF82BF

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #DF82BF

#DF82BF is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 51% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Wisteria and Hot Pink (ΔE 20.5), with Hot Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #82DFA2 (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green130
Blue191

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 20.5
Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 21.1
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 21.5

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

Text on #DF82BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #DF82BF.
2.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #DF82BF.
8.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DF82BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DF82BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8797C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9FA6BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E98398

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DF82BF?

#DF82BF is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 51% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DF82BF?

Use black text. Black on #DF82BF has a contrast ratio of 8.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DF82BF?

Its complementary colour is #82DFA2, and analogous partners are #D082DF and #DF8291.