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#FFA8D0

Light Pink · light warm pink

About #FFA8D0

#FFA8D0 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 66% green and 82% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 34% magenta, 18% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is somewhere between Light Pink and Pink (ΔE 15.6), with Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #A8FFD7 (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 11.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red255
Green168
Blue208

Closest named colours

Light Pink
#FFB6C1 · ΔE 15.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 17.7
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 17.9

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

Text on #FFA8D0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA8D0.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light pink #FFA8D0.
11.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFA8D0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFA8D0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B0B9D1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C7CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA6B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFA8D0?

#FFA8D0 is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 66% green and 82% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 34% magenta, 18% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FFA8D0?

Use black text. Black on #FFA8D0 has a contrast ratio of 11.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFA8D0?

Its complementary colour is #A8FFD7, and analogous partners are #FFA8FC and #FFABA8.