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#FF72B0

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF72B0

#FF72B0 is a vivid, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 45% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 55% magenta, 31% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Hot Pink (ΔE 6.3); Blush comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #72FFC1 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FF72B0 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 8.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green114
Blue176

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 6.3
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 15.9
Watermelon
#FC6C85 · ΔE 21.1

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

Text on #FF72B0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF72B0.
2.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF72B0.
8.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF72B0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF72B0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8793B2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ACACAD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF698A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF72B0?

#FF72B0 is a vivid, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 45% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 55% magenta, 31% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF72B0?

Use black text. Black on #FF72B0 has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF72B0?

Its complementary colour is #72FFC1, and analogous partners are #FF72F6 and #FF7B72.