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#DF90BF

Lilac · light warm pink

About #DF90BF

With the hex code #DF90BF, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 56% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Lilac and Wisteria — a ΔE of 16.3 — followed by Wisteria. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #90DFB0, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green144
Blue191

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 16.3
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 16.8
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 22.5

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

Text on #DF90BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #DF90BF.
2.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #DF90BF.
8.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DF90BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DF90BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#95A1C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A8ADBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E990A1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DF90BF?

With the hex code #DF90BF, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 56% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DF90BF?

Use black text. Black on #DF90BF has a contrast ratio of 8.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DF90BF?

Its complementary colour is #90DFB0, and analogous partners are #D890DF and #DF9097.