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#FF99C7

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FF99C7

#FF99C7 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 60% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 22% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Light Pink and Hot Pink (ΔE 21.0), with Hot Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #99FFD1 (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.63:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green153
Blue199

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 21.0
Hot Pink
#FF69B4 · ΔE 22.7
Blush
#DE5D83 · ΔE 23.6

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

Text on #FF99C7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF99C7.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF99C7.
10.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF99C7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF99C7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A4AEC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDBFC5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF95A9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF99C7?

#FF99C7 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 60% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 22% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF99C7?

Use black text. Black on #FF99C7 has a contrast ratio of 10.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF99C7?

Its complementary colour is #99FFD1, and analogous partners are #FF99FA and #FF9E99.