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#FFADDE

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #FFADDE

#FFADDE is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 68% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac (ΔE 18.6); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ADFFCE — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FFADDE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green173
Blue222

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 18.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 18.7
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 19.7

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

Text on #FFADDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFADDE.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFADDE.
12.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FFADDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2BEE0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5CBDC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFADBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFADDE?

#FFADDE is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 68% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFADDE?

Use black text. Black on #FFADDE has a contrast ratio of 12.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFADDE?

Its complementary colour is #ADFFCE, and analogous partners are #F7ADFF and #FFADB5.