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#FF84BA

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF84BA

With the hex code #FF84BA, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 52% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 48% magenta, 27% 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 13.3 — followed by Blush. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #84FFC9, 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 9.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green132
Blue186

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 13.3
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 17.6
Watermelon
#FC6C85 · ΔE 22.4

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

Text on #FF84BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF84BA.
2.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF84BA.
9.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF84BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF84BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#949FBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B4B4B7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF7E98

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF84BA?

With the hex code #FF84BA, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 52% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 48% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF84BA?

Use black text. Black on #FF84BA has a contrast ratio of 9.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF84BA?

Its complementary colour is #84FFC9, and analogous partners are #FF84F7 and #FF8C84.