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Pink Color Code
HEX, RGB, HSL, and CMYK values for Pink, plus its tints, shades, and similar colors.
HEX
#FFC0CB
RGB
255, 192, 203
HSL
350, 100%, 88%
CMYK
0%, 25%, 20%, 0%
About Pink
Pink is a warm, vivid very light shade of red, sitting at 350° on the color wheel with 100% saturation and 88% lightness.
For text or UI elements on a Pink background, black text is more readable, giving a contrast ratio of 13.7:1 (AAA).
Its computed complementary color is #C2FFF5, closest in the library to Turquoise.
Example text on Pink
The Story Behind Pink
Pink is simply a lighter version of red, and its name comes from a flower, the pink, a type of carnation, rather than the other way around. The strong "pink is for girls" association is actually a fairly recent, 20th-century marketing invention, not a historical rule.
Shades and Tints of Pink
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