Light Hot Pink (#FFB3DE) is a moderately saturated, light pink. In RGB it is made of 100% red, 70% green and 87% blue (R 255, G 179, B 222). The red channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 326°, 100% saturation and 85% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.588, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a warm color. It goes well with cool blues and greens for contrast. For a matching look, use nearby warm tones.
#FFB3DE in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FFB3DE | |
| RGB | rgb(255, 179, 222) | |
| HSL | hsl(326, 100%, 85%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(326, 30%, 100%) | |
| HWB | hwb(326 70% 0%) | |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 13%, 0%) | |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.09% 0.1031 344.56) | |
| OKLab | oklab(85.09% 0.0994 -0.0274) | |
| CIELAB | lab(81.29% 33.04 -10.02) | |
| CIELCH | lch(81.29% 34.52 343.13) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.9559 0.7146 0.8623) | |
| XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.7054 0.5878 0.7674) | |
| Decimal | 16757726 |
CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.5877. Nearest web-safe color: #FFCCCC.
See what #FFB3DE makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.
Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.
| Where | Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| CSS variable | --light-hot-pink: #FFB3DE; | |
| Sass variable | $light-hot-pink: #FFB3DE; | |
| Tailwind CSS v4 | @theme { --color-light-hot-pink: #FFB3DE; } | |
| Tailwind CSS v3 config | colors: { 'light-hot-pink': '#FFB3DE' } | |
| SwiftUI | Color(red: 1, green: 0.702, blue: 0.871) | |
| UIKit | UIColor(red: 1, green: 0.702, blue: 0.871, alpha: 1) | |
| Android XML | <color name="light_hot_pink">#FFFFB3DE</color> | |
| Flutter and Jetpack Compose | Color(0xFFFFB3DE) |
Black text works best on #FFB3DE (12.75:1, AAA). Here is how #FFB3DE does as a text color:
Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.
#FFB3DE next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.
With deuteranopia, #FFB3DE and #B3DEFF look much alike. Don't use these colors alone to tell things apart, for example in a chart. Add labels, patterns or a difference in lightness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.
Light hot pink, #FFB3DE, has no known history as a color name. It was listed in a 2015 version of the Wikipedia list of colors, with no source and no date of first use.
The color is close to what you get by mixing the CSS color hot pink (#FF69B4) half and half with white, which gives #FFB4DA. You can try that in the color mixer. Black text on light hot pink reaches a contrast of 12.75 to 1. Nearby pinks include cotton candy and classic rose.
A sample app screen with #FFB3DE as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.
Light theme
Dark theme
Buttons and bars use #FFB3DE as it is. On the light theme, #FFB3DE is too hard to read as text (1.65:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #A56189 there (4.50:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.
These schemes turn the hue of #FFB3DE around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.
Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.
Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.
A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.
Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.
Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.
One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.
Four CSS gradients made from #FFB3DE. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.
From a pale tint to the full color.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #FFF0F8, #FFB3DE);
The color fading into a dark shade.
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FFB3DE, #482F3D);
Its two neighbors on the color wheel.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAB3FF, #FFB3DE, #FFB3B8);
A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFB3DE, #F1DBCB, #DEFFB3);
Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.
Light Hot Pink sits at step 200. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.
The nearest match to #FFB3DE in three color systems that designers and builders use.
ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.
The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of pink or search the color library.
