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#F79EFF

Orchid · light cool pink

About #F79EFF

With the hex code #F79EFF, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 97% red, 62% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Orchid and Mauve — a ΔE of 16.0 — followed by Mauve. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A6FF9E, a mint shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red247
Green158
Blue255

Closest named colours

Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 16.0
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 16.7
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 24.9

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

Text on #F79EFF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on orchid #F79EFF.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on orchid #F79EFF.
11.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F79EFF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F79EFF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#94B7FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ABC2FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FBA8C3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F79EFF?

With the hex code #F79EFF, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 97% red, 62% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F79EFF?

Use black text. Black on #F79EFF has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F79EFF?

Its complementary colour is #A6FF9E, and analogous partners are #C79EFF and #FF9ED6.