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#EAAFE9

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #EAAFE9

With the hex code #EAAFE9, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 69% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Wisteria — a ΔE of 9.6 — followed by Mauve. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFEAB0, 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 — 11.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green175
Blue233

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 9.6
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 11.9
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #EAAFE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #EAAFE9.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #EAAFE9.
11.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAAFE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAAFE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ABBEEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9C5E7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEB4C3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAAFE9?

With the hex code #EAAFE9, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 69% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EAAFE9?

Use black text. Black on #EAAFE9 has a contrast ratio of 11.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAAFE9?

Its complementary colour is #AFEAB0, and analogous partners are #CDAFEA and #EAAFCC.