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#FFADDA

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFADDA

#FFADDA is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 68% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Light Pink and Lilac (ΔE 17.6), with Lilac the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ADFFD2 (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 12.24:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green173
Blue218

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 17.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 18.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 18.8

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

Text on #FFADDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFADDA.
1.72:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFADDA.
12.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFADDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B3BEDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6CBD8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFACBD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFADDA?

#FFADDA is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 68% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFADDA?

Use black text. Black on #FFADDA has a contrast ratio of 12.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFADDA?

Its complementary colour is #ADFFD2, and analogous partners are #FBADFF and #FFADB1.