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#FF9EA3

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FF9EA3

With the hex code #FF9EA3, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 62% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 38% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Pink — a ΔE of 13.1 — followed by Melon. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #9EFFFA, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green158
Blue163

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 13.1
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 15.9
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 17.8

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

Text on #FF9EA3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF9EA3.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FF9EA3.
10.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FF9EA3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FF9EA3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1ADA3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C0A1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FF93A0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FF9EA3?

With the hex code #FF9EA3, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 62% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 38% magenta, 36% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FF9EA3?

Use black text. Black on #FF9EA3 has a contrast ratio of 10.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FF9EA3?

Its complementary colour is #9EFFFA, and analogous partners are #FF9ED3 and #FFCA9E.