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#FF9ED2

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #FF9ED2

#FF9ED2 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 62% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 38% magenta, 18% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Wisteria and Light Pink (ΔE 22.3); Light Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #9EFFCB — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FF9ED2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green158
Blue210

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 22.3
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 22.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 23.2

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

Text on #FF9ED2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FF9ED2.
1.90:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FF9ED2.
11.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF9ED2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF9ED2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A6B2D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEC2CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF9DB1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF9ED2?

#FF9ED2 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 62% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 38% magenta, 18% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF9ED2?

Use black text. Black on #FF9ED2 has a contrast ratio of 11.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF9ED2?

Its complementary colour is #9EFFCB, and analogous partners are #FB9EFF and #FF9EA2.