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#FF939B

Salmon · light warm pink

About #FF939B

#FF939B is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 58% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 39% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Salmon and Watermelon (ΔE 16.7); Watermelon comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #93FFF7 — a turquoise tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FF939B for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green147
Blue155

Closest named colours

Salmon
#FA8072 · ΔE 16.7
Watermelon
#FC6C85 · ΔE 17.7
Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 18.1

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

Text on #FF939B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on salmon #FF939B.
2.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on salmon #FF939B.
9.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF939B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF939B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A8A59B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3BA99
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF8796

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF939B?

#FF939B is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 58% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 39% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF939B?

Use black text. Black on #FF939B has a contrast ratio of 9.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF939B?

Its complementary colour is #93FFF7, and analogous partners are #FF93D1 and #FFC193.