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#FF94CB

Hot Pink · light warm pink

About #FF94CB

With the hex code #FF94CB, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 58% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Hot Pink and Blush — a ΔE of 19.3 — followed by Blush. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #94FFC8, a seafoam shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.35:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green148
Blue203

Closest named colours

Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 19.3
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 23.9
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 25.4

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

Text on #FF94CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF94CB.
2.03:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on hot pink #FF94CB.
10.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF94CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF94CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9EABCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9BDC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF92A8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF94CB?

With the hex code #FF94CB, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 58% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF94CB?

Use black text. Black on #FF94CB has a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF94CB?

Its complementary colour is #94FFC8, and analogous partners are #FD94FF and #FF9496.