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#FF929D

Watermelon · light warm pink

About #FF929D

With the hex code #FF929D, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 57% green and 62% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 38% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Watermelon and Salmon — a ΔE of 17.1 — followed by Salmon. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #92FFF4, a turquoise shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green146
Blue157

Closest named colours

Watermelon
#FC6C85 · ΔE 17.1
Salmon
#FA8072 · ΔE 17.8
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 18.1

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

Text on #FF929D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on watermelon #FF929D.
2.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on watermelon #FF929D.
9.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF929D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF929D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7A59D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2BA9B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF8696

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF929D?

With the hex code #FF929D, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 57% green and 62% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 38% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF929D?

Use black text. Black on #FF929D has a contrast ratio of 9.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF929D?

Its complementary colour is #92FFF4, and analogous partners are #FF92D4 and #FFBD92.