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#FF69C2

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF69C2

#FF69C2 is a vivid, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 41% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 59% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Hot Pink (ΔE 7.5); Orchid comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #69FFA6 — a mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FF69C2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 8.05:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green105
Blue194

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 7.5
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 20.0
Fuchsia
#C154C1 · ΔE 24.4

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

Text on #FF69C2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF69C2.
2.61:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF69C2.
8.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF69C2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF69C2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#7990C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A3AABE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF668D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF69C2?

#FF69C2 is a vivid, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 41% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 59% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF69C2?

Use black text. Black on #FF69C2 has a contrast ratio of 8.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF69C2?

Its complementary colour is #69FFA6, and analogous partners are #F169FF and #FF6977.