Pale Pink #FFCFDC

About this color

#FFCFDC is a light, muted pink. In OKLCH its lightness is 90%, its chroma 0.056 and its hue 0°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Pale Pink. Black text reads best on it, at 15.21:1.

Colors that go with Pale Pink

Matches found by rotating Pale Pink around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Pale Pink

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pale Pink, closest first.

• Cellar and Wine
• Velvet Lodge
• Plum Basket
• Petal Table
• Camellia Letter
• Cameo Quartz
• Carnation Quartz
• Tea Rose Parlour

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pale Pink, with their ΔE distance.

• Mimi Pink #FFCAD4 ΔE 0.014
• Light Rose #FFC5CB ΔE 0.028
• Pink #FFC0CB ΔE 0.037
• Pale Rose #FDC1C5 ΔE 0.039
• Pale Mauve #FED0FC ΔE 0.044
• Very Light Purple #F6CEFC ΔE 0.047
• Pastel Pink #FFBACD ΔE 0.050
• Misty Rose #FFE4E1 ΔE 0.051

More about Pale Pink

• Shades of pink
• What pink means

How to make Pale Pink

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts white
• 1 part pink

Recipe result: #FDD8E9, a difference of ΔE 0.024 from Pale Pink. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make pink? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Pale Pink in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Pale Pink

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FBF3F5

   oklch(97.1% 0.009 0.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F7E4E9

   oklch(93.5% 0.022 359.7)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #FFCFDC

   oklch(90% 0.056 0.2)

4. Step 300

   300

   #E9AEBE

   oklch(81% 0.072 0.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #DB819D

   oklch(70.7% 0.115 0.5)

6. Step 500

   500

   #CF5E85

   oklch(63.2% 0.148 0.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #BA416F

   oklch(55.7% 0.161 0.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A0315D

   oklch(49.1% 0.151 0.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #822A4C

   oklch(42.7% 0.125 0.1)

10. Step 900

    900

    #69283F

    oklch(37.8% 0.096 0.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3E1825

    oklch(27.1% 0.062 0.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Pale Pink with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.