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#FFC2F6

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FFC2F6

#FFC2F6 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 76% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 4% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Wisteria and Mauve (ΔE 16.3); Mauve comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2FFCB — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FFC2F6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green194
Blue246

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 16.3
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 16.8
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.3

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

Text on #FFC2F6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFC2F6.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFC2F6.
14.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFC2F6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFC2F6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1D0F8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD8F4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFC5D4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFC2F6?

#FFC2F6 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 76% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 4% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFC2F6?

Use black text. Black on #FFC2F6 has a contrast ratio of 14.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFC2F6?

Its complementary colour is #C2FFCB, and analogous partners are #E9C2FF and #FFC2D8.