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#FFA3D8

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #FFA3D8

#FFA3D8 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 64% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac (ΔE 20.5), with Lilac the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #A3FFCA (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 11.48:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green163
Blue216

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 20.5
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 21.8
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 22.1

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

Text on #FFA3D8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFA3D8.
1.83:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFA3D8.
11.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFA3D8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFA3D8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A9B6DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0C5D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA3B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFA3D8?

#FFA3D8 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 64% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFA3D8?

Use black text. Black on #FFA3D8 has a contrast ratio of 11.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFA3D8?

Its complementary colour is #A3FFCA, and analogous partners are #F8A3FF and #FFA3AA.