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#FF7FCC

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF7FCC

#FF7FCC is a light, vivid pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 50% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Hot Pink (ΔE 10.6), with Orchid the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #7FFFB2 (mint), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green127
Blue204

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 10.6
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 18.7
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 25.8

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

Text on #FF7FCC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF7FCC.
2.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF7FCC.
9.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF7FCC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF7FCC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#899ECF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ACB3C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF7E9D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF7FCC?

#FF7FCC is a light, vivid pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 50% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF7FCC?

Use black text. Black on #FF7FCC has a contrast ratio of 9.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF7FCC?

Its complementary colour is #7FFFB2, and analogous partners are #F27FFF and #FF7F8C.