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#FDC6FA

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FDC6FA

#FDC6FA is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 78% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 1% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Wisteria and Mauve (ΔE 16.3); Mauve comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6FDC9 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDC6FA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green198
Blue250

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 16.3
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 16.7
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #FDC6FA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDC6FA.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FDC6FA.
14.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDC6FA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDC6FA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3D3FC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0DAF8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFCAD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDC6FA?

#FDC6FA is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 78% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 1% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDC6FA?

Use black text. Black on #FDC6FA has a contrast ratio of 14.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDC6FA?

Its complementary colour is #C6FDC9, and analogous partners are #E4C6FD and #FDC6DF.