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#FF9CC8

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FF9CC8

#FF9CC8 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 61% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 39% magenta, 22% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink (ΔE 19.5); Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #9CFFD3 — a seafoam tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #FF9CC8 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green156
Blue200

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 19.5
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 22.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 22.7

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

Text on #FF9CC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF9CC8.
1.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF9CC8.
10.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF9CC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF9CC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7B0CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFC1C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF99AC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF9CC8?

#FF9CC8 is a moderately saturated, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 61% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 39% magenta, 22% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FF9CC8?

Use black text. Black on #FF9CC8 has a contrast ratio of 10.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF9CC8?

Its complementary colour is #9CFFD3, and analogous partners are #FF9CFA and #FFA19C.