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#FFA7D4

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFA7D4

#FFA7D4 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 65% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink (ΔE 18.1), with Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #A7FFD2 (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 11.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green167
Blue212

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 18.1
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 19.9
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 20.0

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

Text on #FFA7D4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA7D4.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA7D4.
11.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFA7D4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFA7D4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AEB9D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C7D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA5B7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFA7D4?

#FFA7D4 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 65% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFA7D4?

Use black text. Black on #FFA7D4 has a contrast ratio of 11.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFA7D4?

Its complementary colour is #A7FFD2, and analogous partners are #FEA7FF and #FFA7A8.