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#FFA6D7

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFA6D7

With the hex code #FFA6D7, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 65% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 16% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Light Pink and Wisteria — a ΔE of 20.1 — followed by Wisteria. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A6FFCE, 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 — 11.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green166
Blue215

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 20.1
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 20.4
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 20.5

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

Text on #FFA6D7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA6D7.
1.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA6D7.
11.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFA6D7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFA6D7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ACB8D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2C7D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA5B7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFA6D7?

With the hex code #FFA6D7, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 65% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 16% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFA6D7?

Use black text. Black on #FFA6D7 has a contrast ratio of 11.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFA6D7?

Its complementary colour is #A6FFCE, and analogous partners are #FBA6FF and #FFA6AA.