Light rose
#FFB6C1
#FFB6C1 is a light rose with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#FFB6C1 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #FFB6C1 kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF4F5
- 100 FFE3E7
- 200 FFB6C1
- 300 ECABB5
- 400 D18D98
- 500 B5727D
- 600 975863
- 700 7B414C
- 800 612D37
- 900 471B24
- 950 2D0B13
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-rose-50: #fff4f5; --color-rose-100: #ffe3e7; --color-rose-200: #ffb6c1; --color-rose-300: #ecabb5; --color-rose-400: #d18d98; --color-rose-500: #b5727d; --color-rose-600: #975863; --color-rose-700: #7b414c; --color-rose-800: #612d37; --color-rose-900: #471b24; --color-rose-950: #2d0b13;}Is #FFB6C1 readable?
Contrast for text on #FFB6C1 and for #FFB6C1 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 · 1.7APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #A5646F · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 29 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #FFB6C1
Six palettes built around #FFB6C1, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#FFB6C1 · #DC6E59 · #DE6FB0 · #FFD8A0 · #3A2D2F
- Complementary#FFB6C1 · #00B4AE · #00D0C4 · #FFCBD0 · #2F2526
- Split complementary#FFB6C1 · #47A17B · #00B7E1 · #FFCAD4 · #2F282A
- Triadic#FFB6C1 · #9DBD7E · #7AC1FF · #FFD5DC · #382627
- Tetradic#FFB6C1 · #CAB049 · #00BCAC · #E2E5FF · #2C2325
- Monochromatic#FFB6C1 · #CF8798 · #FF859A · #FFC2C8 · #392629
#FFB6C1 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #FFB6C1 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF4F5
- Brand 100, #FFE3E7
- Brand 200, #FFB6C1
- Brand 300, #ECABB5
- Brand 400, #D18D98
- Brand 500, #B5727D
- Brand 600, #975863
- Brand 700, #7B414C
- Brand 800, #612D37
- Brand 900, #471B24
- Brand 950, #2D0B13
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F6F3F4
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E4
- Neutral 300, #D9D2D3
- Neutral 400, #A89E9F
- Neutral 500, #7B7071
- Neutral 600, #5B5152
- Neutral 700, #473E3F
- Neutral 800, #2E2627
- Neutral 900, #1D1617
- Neutral 950, #0F0809
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EFA958
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 200 with neutral 950 text, at 12.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 12.0:1.
- 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 #FFB6C1
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.