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#FF9ED4

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #FF9ED4

#FF9ED4 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 62% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 38% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac (ΔE 21.9), with Lilac the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #9EFFC9 (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.09:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green158
Blue212

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 21.9
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 23.4
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 23.5

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

Text on #FF9ED4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FF9ED4.
1.89:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FF9ED4.
11.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF9ED4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF9ED4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A5B3D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDC2D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF9DB1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF9ED4?

#FF9ED4 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 62% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 38% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF9ED4?

Use black text. Black on #FF9ED4 has a contrast ratio of 11.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF9ED4?

Its complementary colour is #9EFFC9, and analogous partners are #F99EFF and #FF9EA4.