Soft Pink #FDB0C0

About this color

#FDB0C0 is a light, moderately saturated pink. In OKLCH its lightness is 83%, its chroma 0.092 and its hue 6°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Soft Pink. Black text reads best on it, at 12.14:1.

Colors that go with Soft Pink

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

Color palettes with Soft Pink

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

• Cherry and Rhubarb
• Mulberry Crumble
• Plum and Pomegranate
• Fig Jam
• Pomegranate and Blackcurrant
• Pomegranate Orchard
• Boombox and Cassette
• Teddy Meadow

Similar named colors

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

• Light Pink #FFB6C1 ΔE 0.015
• Cherry Blossom Pink #F4ACB7 ΔE 0.021
• Powder Pink #FFB2D0 ΔE 0.022
• Baby Pink #FFB7CE ΔE 0.022
• Pastel Pink #FFBACD ΔE 0.026
• Pink #FFC0CB ΔE 0.038
• Pale Rose #FDC1C5 ΔE 0.040
• Light Rose #FFC5CB ΔE 0.050

More about Soft Pink

• Shades of pink
• What pink means

How to make Soft 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.

• 3 parts white
• 2 parts pink
• 1 part red

Recipe result: #FFAFBF, a difference of ΔE 0.004 from Soft Pink. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make pink? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Soft 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 Soft 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

   #FDF2F4

   oklch(97% 0.012 4.7)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FBE3E7

   oklch(93.6% 0.027 6.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F8CCD4

   oklch(88.5% 0.051 5.9)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #FDB0C0

   oklch(83.5% 0.092 5.6)

5. Step 400

   400

   #EB7693

   oklch(70.8% 0.147 5.9)

6. Step 500

   500

   #E14B79

   oklch(63.2% 0.188 5.6)

7. Step 600

   600

   #CC2262

   oklch(55.6% 0.205 5.5)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B00F51

   oklch(49.2% 0.19 5.6)

9. Step 800

   800

   #8F1442

   oklch(42.7% 0.158 5.8)

10. Step 900

    900

    #731B38

    oklch(37.7% 0.123 5.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #441221

    oklch(27.1% 0.078 5.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Soft 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.