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#FF99C4

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FF99C4

#FF99C4 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 60% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 23% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink (ΔE 19.8), with Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #99FFD4 (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green153
Blue196

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 19.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 23.0
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 23.0

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

Text on #FF99C4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF99C4.
1.98:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF99C4.
10.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF99C4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF99C4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A5ADC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEBFC2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF95A8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF99C4?

#FF99C4 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 60% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 23% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF99C4?

Use black text. Black on #FF99C4 has a contrast ratio of 10.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF99C4?

Its complementary colour is #99FFD4, and analogous partners are #FF99F7 and #FFA199.