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#FFACDF

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #FFACDF

#FFACDF is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 67% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 33% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac (ΔE 18.4); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ACFFCC — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FFACDF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green172
Blue223

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 18.4
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 19.2
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 20.3

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

Text on #FFACDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFACDF.
1.72:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFACDF.
12.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFACDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B0BEE1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4CADD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFACBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFACDF?

#FFACDF is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 67% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 33% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFACDF?

Use black text. Black on #FFACDF has a contrast ratio of 12.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFACDF?

Its complementary colour is #ACFFCC, and analogous partners are #F6ACFF and #FFACB5.