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#FF7FCE

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF7FCE

With the hex code #FF7FCE, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 50% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 19% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Hot Pink — a ΔE of 11.1 — followed by Orchid. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #7FFFB0, a mint shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green127
Blue206

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 11.1
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 17.8
Fuchsia
#C154C1 · ΔE 25.2

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

Text on #FF7FCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF7FCE.
2.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF7FCE.
9.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF7FCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF7FCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#899ED1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ABB3CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF7E9D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF7FCE?

With the hex code #FF7FCE, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 50% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 19% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF7FCE?

Use black text. Black on #FF7FCE has a contrast ratio of 9.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF7FCE?

Its complementary colour is #7FFFB0, and analogous partners are #F07FFF and #FF7F8E.