Light rose
#FF9BCB
#FF9BCB is a light rose with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.7:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#FF9BCB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #FF9BCB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF3F8
- 100 FFE2EE
- 200 FFC6E0
- 300 FF9BCB
- 400 DE80AE
- 500 C16392
- 600 A34977
- 700 86325F
- 800 6A1E48
- 900 4E0C32
- 950 32001E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-rose-50: #fff3f8; --color-rose-100: #ffe2ee; --color-rose-200: #ffc6e0; --color-rose-300: #ff9bcb; --color-rose-400: #de80ae; --color-rose-500: #c16392; --color-rose-600: #a34977; --color-rose-700: #86325f; --color-rose-800: #6a1e48; --color-rose-900: #4e0c32; --color-rose-950: #32001e;}Is #FF9BCB readable?
Contrast for text on #FF9BCB and for #FF9BCB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 41 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.7APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #B45786 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 37 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.7APCA Lc 65 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #FF9BCB
Six palettes built around #FF9BCB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#FF9BCB · #C26773 · #D97FEF · #FFD7C0 · #352E31
- Complementary#FF9BCB · #009F84 · #47D1A0 · #FFC9DB · #30232B
- Split complementary#FF9BCB · #50AC58 · #00CEDA · #FFD5EC · #2D2326
- Triadic#FF9BCB · #C7B05B · #00B7EE · #FFC4E6 · #382B2F
- Tetradic#FF9BCB · #E4A330 · #1FB885 · #B7D8FF · #2C2226
- Monochromatic#FF9BCB · #CE87A6 · #FF8BCE · #FFD6E3 · #352F32
#FF9BCB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #FF9BCB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3F8
- Brand 100, #FFE2EE
- Brand 200, #FFC6E0
- Brand 300, #FF9BCB
- Brand 400, #DE80AE
- Brand 500, #C16392
- Brand 600, #A34977
- Brand 700, #86325F
- Brand 800, #6A1E48
- Brand 900, #4E0C32
- Brand 950, #32001E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F6F3F4
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E5
- Neutral 300, #D8D2D5
- Neutral 400, #A79EA2
- Neutral 500, #7A7074
- Neutral 600, #5A5155
- Neutral 700, #463E41
- Neutral 800, #2D2629
- Neutral 900, #1C1619
- Neutral 950, #0E080B
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #C4FEB7
- Success 200, #ADED9F
- Success 300, #8FD580
- Success 400, #6FB95E
- Success 500, #5CA84B
- Success 600, #368123
- Success 700, #1E6705
- Success 800, #134E00
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #F4A23A
- Warning 400, #DD8F27
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #DF424B
- Danger 600, #C42636
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #65A5F6
- Info 500, #4687D8
- Info 600, #2C6DBB
- Info 700, #14549D
- Info 800, #003E7E
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.2:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.2:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #FF9BCB
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