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#FF93AE

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FF93AE

With the hex code #FF93AE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 58% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Light Pink and Blush — a ΔE of 17.6 — followed by Blush. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #93FFE4, 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 10.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green147
Blue174

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 17.6
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 19.0
Watermelon
#FC6C85 · ΔE 19.2

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

Text on #FF93AE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF93AE.
2.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF93AE.
10.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF93AE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF93AE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A4A7AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBBAC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF8A9D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF93AE?

With the hex code #FF93AE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 58% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF93AE?

Use black text. Black on #FF93AE has a contrast ratio of 10.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF93AE?

Its complementary colour is #93FFE4, and analogous partners are #FF93E4 and #FFAE93.