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#FFA4D3

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFA4D3

With the hex code #FFA4D3, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 64% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Light Pink and Lilac — a ΔE of 19.4 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A4FFD0, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green164
Blue211

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 19.4
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 20.9
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 21.4

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

Text on #FFA4D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA4D3.
1.83:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA4D3.
11.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFA4D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFA4D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ABB7D5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2C5D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA2B5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFA4D3?

With the hex code #FFA4D3, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 64% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFA4D3?

Use black text. Black on #FFA4D3 has a contrast ratio of 11.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFA4D3?

Its complementary colour is #A4FFD0, and analogous partners are #FEA4FF and #FFA4A5.