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#FF80BE

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF80BE

With the hex code #FF80BE, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 50% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 25% 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 10.2 — followed by Blush. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #80FFC1, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green128
Blue190

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 10.2
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 19.4
Watermelon
#FC6C85 · ΔE 24.9

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

Text on #FF80BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF80BE.
2.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF80BE.
9.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF80BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF80BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8F9DC0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B0B3BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF7B97

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF80BE?

With the hex code #FF80BE, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 50% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF80BE?

Use black text. Black on #FF80BE has a contrast ratio of 9.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF80BE?

Its complementary colour is #80FFC1, and analogous partners are #FF80FD and #FF8280.