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#FF99CD

#ff99cd ≈ Carnation Pink

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ff99cd is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 60% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 19.61% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 329.41°, with 100% saturation and 80% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carnation Pink (#ffa6c9), ΔE 4.23.

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Web safe#ff99cc
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Relative luminance0.4845

Complementary

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #99ffcb

Split complementary

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #9aff99
  3. #99fffe

Analogous

  1. #fe99ff
  2. #ff99cd
  3. #ff999a

Triadic

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #cdff99
  3. #99cdff

Tetradic

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #ffcb99
  3. #99ffcb
  4. #99cdff

Square

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #fffe99
  3. #99ffcb
  4. #999aff

Monochromatic

  1. #ff0082
  2. #ff4da8
  3. #ff99cd
  4. #ffe5f3
  5. #ffebf5

Shades

#ff99cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #e68ab9
  3. #cc7aa4
  4. #b36b90
  5. #995c7b
  6. #804d67
  7. #663d52
  8. #4d2e3e
  9. #331f29
  10. #1a0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff99cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #ffa3d2
  3. #ffadd7
  4. #ffb8dc
  5. #ffc2e1
  6. #ffcce6
  7. #ffd6eb
  8. #ffe0f0
  9. #ffebf5
  10. #fff5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff99cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff99cd
  2. #f297c5
  3. #e694be
  4. #d992b6
  5. #cc8fae
  6. #c08da7
  7. #b38a9f
  8. #a68897
  9. #99858f
  10. #8d8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9adc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2aecf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcbfca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff97ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cea6ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dab1cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff98ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff99cd {
  color: #ff99cd;
}
Background
.bg-ff99cd {
  background-color: #ff99cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff99cd {
  border: 2px solid #ff99cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff99cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 153 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 329 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff99cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff99cd, #ff999a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff99cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 153 205 / 0.35);
}

#ffa6c9 Carnation Pink ΔE 4.23 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 5.63 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 7.00 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 7.17 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.67 #ff69b4 Hot Pink ΔE 9.36 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 9.99 #006632 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Carnation Pink
#ff99cd  rgb(255, 153, 205)  hsl(329, 100%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#99ffcb  rgb(153, 255, 203)  hsl(149, 100%, 80%)  Aquamarine
#cdff99  rgb(205, 255, 153)  hsl(89, 100%, 80%)  Inchworm
#99cdff  rgb(153, 205, 255)  hsl(209, 100%, 80%)  Light Sky Blue