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#FF72F8

Orchid · light warm pink

About #FF72F8

#FF72F8 is a vivid, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 45% green and 97% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 55% magenta, 3% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Orchid and Fuchsia (ΔE 18.1); Fuchsia comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #72FF79 — a mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FF72F8 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green114
Blue248

Closest named colours

Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 18.1
Fuchsia
#C154C1 · ΔE 20.7
Neon Pink
#FF10F0 · ΔE 29.1

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

Text on #FF72F8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on orchid #FF72F8.
2.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on orchid #FF72F8.
9.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF72F8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF72F8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#689EFC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#94B1F4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF80AB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF72F8?

#FF72F8 is a vivid, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 45% green and 97% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 55% magenta, 3% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF72F8?

Use black text. Black on #FF72F8 has a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF72F8?

Its complementary colour is #72FF79, and analogous partners are #C072FF and #FF72B1.