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#FFC3F7

Wisteria · very light warm pink

About #FFC3F7

#FFC3F7 is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 76% green and 97% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 3% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Wisteria and Mauve (ΔE 16.4), with Mauve the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C3FFCB (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green195
Blue247

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 16.4
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 16.8
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #FFC3F7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFC3F7.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #FFC3F7.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFC3F7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFC3F7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1D1F9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD9F5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFC6D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFC3F7?

#FFC3F7 is a very light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 76% green and 97% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 3% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFC3F7?

Use black text. Black on #FFC3F7 has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFC3F7?

Its complementary colour is #C3FFCB, and analogous partners are #E9C3FF and #FFC3D9.