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#FFB2E0

Lilac · light warm pink

About #FFB2E0

With the hex code #FFB2E0, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 70% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 12% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Lilac and Light Pink — a ΔE of 17.5 — followed by Light Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B2FFD1, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.70:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green178
Blue224

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.5
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 18.1
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 18.4

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

Text on #FFB2E0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #FFB2E0.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #FFB2E0.
12.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB2E0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB2E0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6C2E2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8CEDE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFB2C2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB2E0?

With the hex code #FFB2E0, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 70% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 12% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB2E0?

Use black text. Black on #FFB2E0 has a contrast ratio of 12.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB2E0?

Its complementary colour is #B2FFD1, and analogous partners are #F7B2FF and #FFB2BA.