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#FFA6DA

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #FFA6DA

With the hex code #FFA6DA, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 65% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac — a ΔE of 19.8 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A6FFCB, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green166
Blue218

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 19.8
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 20.8
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 21.6

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

Text on #FFA6DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFA6DA.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFA6DA.
11.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFA6DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFA6DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ACB9DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C7D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA6B8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFA6DA?

With the hex code #FFA6DA, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 65% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFA6DA?

Use black text. Black on #FFA6DA has a contrast ratio of 11.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFA6DA?

Its complementary colour is #A6FFCB, and analogous partners are #F7A6FF and #FFA6AE.