Peachy Pink #FF9A8A

About this color

#FF9A8A is a light, moderately saturated red. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.124 and its hue 30°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Peachy Pink. Black text reads best on it, at 10.24:1.

Colors that go with Peachy Pink

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

Color palettes with Peachy Pink

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

• Chilli Pantry
• Mahogany Evening
• Gingerbread Fireside
• Disco Kitchen
• Lime Squeeze
• Rye Box
• Boardwalk Season
• Sunburst Road Trip

Similar named colors

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

• Blush #F29E8E ΔE 0.022
• Light Salmon #FFA07A ΔE 0.028
• Sweet Salmon #EB9486 ΔE 0.038
• Dark Salmon #E9967A ΔE 0.044
• Pale Salmon #FFB19A ΔE 0.052
• Blush Pink #FE828C ΔE 0.056
• Salmon #FA8072 ΔE 0.059
• Rose Pink #F7879A ΔE 0.059

More about Peachy Pink

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Peachy 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.

• 4 parts white
• 2 parts red
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #FF9E91, a difference of ΔE 0.012 from Peachy Pink. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Peachy 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 Peachy 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 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF2F0

   oklch(97.1% 0.014 28)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FFE2DD

   oklch(93.5% 0.033 29.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FFCBC2

   oklch(88.5% 0.061 29.7)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #FF9A8A

   oklch(78.7% 0.124 29.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #FF6A57

   oklch(70.7% 0.185 29.7)

6. Step 500

   500

   #FF1302

   oklch(63.2% 0.254 29.8)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D80C00

   oklch(55.7% 0.225 29.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B70800

   oklch(49.2% 0.199 29.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #970500

   oklch(42.7% 0.173 29.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #7F0400

    oklch(37.7% 0.152 29.8)

11. Step 950

    950

    #4E0402

    oklch(27% 0.105 29.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Peachy 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.