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#FFADDD

Lilac · light warm pink

About #FFADDD

#FFADDD is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 68% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Lilac and Wisteria (ΔE 18.6), with Wisteria the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ADFFCF (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green173
Blue221

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 18.6
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 18.8
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 19.2

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

Text on #FFADDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #FFADDD.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #FFADDD.
12.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFADDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2BEDF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6CBDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFADBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFADDD?

#FFADDD is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 68% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFADDD?

Use black text. Black on #FFADDD has a contrast ratio of 12.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFADDD?

Its complementary colour is #ADFFCF, and analogous partners are #F8ADFF and #FFADB4.