What color is #FC94AF?

A soft, warm rose pink — light and gentle without being a pastel. It sits between baby pink and hot pink in intensity, with a red rather than purple lean.

What is the difference between rose pink and blush?

Rose pink is lighter and brighter; blush is deeper and duller, closer to a muted red. Both are warm, which is what separates them from mauve and lilac.

What colors go with rose pink?

Deep green and navy give it contrast without competing, and warm neutrals such as cream and sand keep the scheme soft. Cool greys wash it out.

Rose pink color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around rose pink. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Rose pink is a soft, slightly warm pink — #FC94AF is a widely used value, light enough to feel gentle without tipping into pastel. It sits between the paleness of blush and the intensity of hot pink.

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Rose pink hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#FC94AF

HEX: #FC94AF
RGB: rgb(252, 148, 175)
HSL: hsl(344, 95%, 78%)
OKLCH: oklch(78.3% 0.128 3.8)
On white: 2.10:1
On black: 9.99:1

Shades of rose pink

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Named shades and close relatives

Rose pink against its neighbours

Pink covers a lot of ground and the names are used loosely. Rose pink is mid-light and warm, with a trace of red rather than purple. Baby pink is paler and flatter. Blush is deeper and duller. Hot pink is the same family at full saturation and reads as aggressive by comparison.

The useful distinction is warmth. A rose pink leans red, a mauve leans purple, and putting the two side by side looks like a mistake even when both are pleasant on their own.

Where rose pink works

Beauty and skincare, florists, wedding material, and any brand reaching for warmth without sweetness. It also works well as an accent in otherwise neutral interfaces, where a single warm pink against grey reads as considered rather than decorative.

It pairs naturally with deep green, navy and warm neutrals such as cream and sand. Against a cool grey it can look washed out, and against another mid-tone pink it simply blurs.

Contrast and readability

Rose pink on white measures 2.10:1 and on black 9.99:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.65:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Rose pink color questions

What color is #FC94AF?: A soft, warm rose pink — light and gentle without being a pastel. It sits between baby pink and hot pink in intensity, with a red rather than purple lean.
What is the difference between rose pink and blush?: Rose pink is lighter and brighter; blush is deeper and duller, closer to a muted red. Both are warm, which is what separates them from mauve and lilac.
What colors go with rose pink?: Deep green and navy give it contrast without competing, and warm neutrals such as cream and sand keep the scheme soft. Cool greys wash it out.

Related colors:rose, pink, hot pink, blush, magenta, fuchsia. See every shade on the colors index.