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#FFA3E8

Mauve · light warm pink

About #FFA3E8

#FFA3E8 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 64% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 9% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Mauve and Wisteria (ΔE 17.2); Wisteria comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A3FFBA — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FFA3E8 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green163
Blue232

Closest named colours

Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 17.2
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 19.6
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 23.6

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

Text on #FFA3E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mauve #FFA3E8.
1.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mauve #FFA3E8.
11.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFA3E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFA3E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A4B9EB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBC6E5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA6BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFA3E8?

#FFA3E8 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 64% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 9% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFA3E8?

Use black text. Black on #FFA3E8 has a contrast ratio of 11.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFA3E8?

Its complementary colour is #A3FFBA, and analogous partners are #E8A3FF and #FFA3BA.