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#FF93E4

Orchid · light warm pink

About #FF93E4

With the hex code #FF93E4, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 58% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Orchid and Hot Pink — a ΔE of 16.6 — followed by Hot Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #93FFAE, a mint shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.55:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green147
Blue228

Closest named colours

Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 16.6
Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 20.4
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 22.1

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

Text on #FF93E4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on orchid #FF93E4.
1.99:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on orchid #FF93E4.
10.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF93E4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF93E4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#95AEE7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B1BEE1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF97B1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF93E4?

With the hex code #FF93E4, this is a light pink with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 58% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF93E4?

Use black text. Black on #FF93E4 has a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF93E4?

Its complementary colour is #93FFAE, and analogous partners are #E493FF and #FF93AE.