#ff8caa

Color #ff8caa

A vivid, highly saturated light pink.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 11.51 Nearest Tailwind class rose-300 #ffa1ad · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ff8caa

RGB

rgb(255, 140, 170)

HSL

hsl(344.3, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(344.3, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 33.3%, 0%)

LAB

lab(71.5, 46.63, 3.84)

LCH

lch(71.5, 46.79, 4.71)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.1419, 4.28)

HWB

hwb(344.3, 54.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cffe1

Analogous

#ff8ce4

#ff8caa

#ffa88c

Triadic

#ff8caa

#aaff8c

#8caaff

Split-complementary

#ff8caa

#8cffa8

#8ce4ff

Tetradic

#ff8caa

#ffe18c

#8cffe1

#8caaff

Square

#ff8caa

#e4ff8c

#8cffe1

#a88cff

Shades

Color #ff8caa mixed toward black.

#ff4a7a

#ff0949

#c60034

#840022

#420011

Tints

Color #ff8caa mixed toward white.

#ff9fb8

#ffb3c7

#ffc6d5

#ffd9e3

#ffecf1

Tones

Color #ff8caa mixed toward gray.

#f596af

#ec9fb3

#e2a9b8

#d9b3bd

#cfbcc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d6a3 · ΔE 42.9

Deuteranopia

#dde4a2 · ΔE 48.6

Tritanopia

#fb9e9d · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 24.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ff8caa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ff8caa]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#ff8caa (#ff8caa) is rgb(255, 140, 170) in RGB.

No, #ff8caa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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