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#FF80CB

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF80CB

#FF80CB 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 #80FFB4 (mint), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.20:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green128
Blue203

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 10.6
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 19.4
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 25.1

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

Text on #FF80CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF80CB.
2.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF80CB.
9.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF80CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF80CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8B9ECE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ADB3C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF7F9D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF80CB?

#FF80CB 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 #FF80CB?

Use black text. Black on #FF80CB has a contrast ratio of 9.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF80CB?

Its complementary colour is #80FFB4, and analogous partners are #F480FF and #FF808B.