CSS named color

Hot Pink #FF69B4

The CSS keyword hotpink is #FF69B4. It is a light vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.728, chroma 0.197 and hue 352.0°.

Relative luminance: 0.3466
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.728 · 0.197 · 352.0
Best text: Black 7.93:1
Hue family: Pink

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#FF69B4 color codes

HEX: #FF69B4
RGB: rgb(255, 105, 180)
HSL: hsl(330, 100%, 71%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.728 0.197 352.0)
OKLab: oklab(0.728 0.195 -0.027)
CIELAB (D65): L* 65.49, a* 64.24, b* -10.65
XYZ (D65): X 54.53, Y 34.66, Z 46.99
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 59%, 29%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FF69B4 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.93:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.64:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

7.93:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +53
White text on it

2.64:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −55
As text on black

7.93:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −51
As text on white

2.64:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +50

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#CF3B8A 4.52:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.73 to 0.59 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FF69B4 7.93:1

It already reaches 7.93:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF69B4 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FF69B4

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF69B4 sits at step 400.

50#FFF1F6

White
1.09
Black
19.16
100#FFE2EE

White
1.20
Black
17.36
200#FFC4DD

White
1.47
Black
14.19
300#FF98C7

White
1.98
Black
10.56
400This color#FF69B4

White
2.64
Black
7.93
500#D84592

White
4.04
Black
5.18
600#BC287A

White
5.64
Black
3.72
700#9E0063

White
7.97
Black
2.63
800#750048

White
11.35
Black
1.84
900#4F002F

White
15.28
Black
1.37
950#2F001A

White
18.48
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FF69B4 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.197; #FF69B4 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.256 there: 30% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.197
sRGB edge: 0.197
Display P3 edge: 0.256
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.367
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 502 nm
Excitation purity: 44%
Chromaticity: x 0.4004, y 0.2545

This color#FF69B4
Most vivid in sRGB#FF69B4
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.728 0.256 352.0)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ff69b4;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.3497 0.7083); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF69B4

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FFB4DA
OKLab50%#FFB8D9
OKLCH50%#FFBCD8

Black #000000

sRGB50%#80355A
OKLab50%#632444
OKLCH50%#632444

Its complement #00C39D

sRGB50%#8096A9
OKLab50%#B6A0A9
OKLCH50%#76A6FF

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff69b4, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff69b4 50%, white);

In use

#FF69B4 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.93:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.64:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.64:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.64:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CF3B8A 4.52:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.93:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.07:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:17.07:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.07:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF69B4 looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 31.7; tritanopia changes it least, 10.0.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#7E8EB6 ΔE2000 31.7

Distinct

Reads as muted blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#A7A9B0 ΔE2000 26.8

Distinct

Reads as light gray
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FF6187 ΔE2000 10.0

Noticeable

Reads as light vivid pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#9F9F9F ΔE2000 26.8

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00C39D. Their lightness contrast is only 1.17:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FF69B4 · #00C39D	58.1	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#7E8EB6 · #BCB59B	30.6	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#A7A9B0 · #A8A6A0	7.0	Harder to tell apart
Tritanopia	#FF6187 · #00C5B8	68.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#9F9F9F · #ACACAC	3.9	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF69B4

Its complement is #00C39D, a light soft cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FF69B4
Complement#00C39D

Complementary

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−30°#DF76EF
Base#FF69B4
+30°#FF7676

Analogous

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Base#FF69B4
+120°#ABB000
+240°#00B6F4

Triadic

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Base#FF69B4
+150°#4FC445
+210°#00BEC8

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-hotpink: #ff69b4;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        hotpink: '#ff69b4',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-hotpink: oklch(0.728 0.197 352.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "hotpink": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.4118, 0.7059],
        "hex": "#ff69b4"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color hotpink"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let hotpink = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.412, blue: 0.706, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Hotpink = Color(0xFFFF69B4)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #FF69B4 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Hot Pink #FF69B4

#FF69B4 color codes

Contrast: is #FF69B4 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FF69B4 live

Shades and tints of #FF69B4

How vivid #FF69B4 can get

Mixing #FF69B4

#FF69B4 in an interface

How #FF69B4 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FF69B4

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FF69B4 in the tools