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#E495C9

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #E495C9

#E495C9 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 58% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac (ΔE 15.2); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #95E4B0 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #E495C9 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.44:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green149
Blue201

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 15.2
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 16.7
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 20.3

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

Text on #E495C9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #E495C9.
2.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #E495C9.
9.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E495C9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E495C9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#98A6CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ACB2C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ED96A7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E495C9?

#E495C9 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 58% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E495C9?

Use black text. Black on #E495C9 has a contrast ratio of 9.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E495C9?

Its complementary colour is #95E4B0, and analogous partners are #D895E4 and #E495A2.