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#FF96C2

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FF96C2

#FF96C2 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 59% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Light Pink and Blush (ΔE 21.0); Blush comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #96FFD3 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FF96C2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green150
Blue194

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 21.0
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 21.9
Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 22.0

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

Text on #FF96C2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF96C2.
2.02:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF96C2.
10.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF96C2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF96C2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A2ABC4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDBDBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF91A6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF96C2?

#FF96C2 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 59% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 24% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF96C2?

Use black text. Black on #FF96C2 has a contrast ratio of 10.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF96C2?

Its complementary colour is #96FFD3, and analogous partners are #FF96F6 and #FF9F96.