Color Name
Carnation Pink
Hex Color Code
#FFA6C9
RGB Color Code
RGB(255, 166, 201)
CMYK Values*
0.0%, 34.9%, 21.2%, 0.0%
Color Family (Hue)
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Carnation Pink is a color that resembles the color of a carnation plant flower. Crayola formulated the color in 1903.

What color is Carnation Pink?

Carnation Pink color belongs to the Pink color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Carnation Pink is #FFA6C9, and the RGB color code is RGB(255, 166, 201).

In the RGB color model, Carnation Pink has a red value of 255, a green value of 166, and a blue value of 201. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 34.9% magenta, 21.2% yellow, and 0.0% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 336.4° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 82.5 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Carnation Pink has a hue of 336.4° (degrees), 34.9 % saturation and 100.0 % brightness/value.

Carnation Pink is cool or warm?

The color Carnation Pink is a warm color.

What is the LRV of Carnation Pink? (For interior and product design)

Carnation Pink has an LRV of nearly 52.7. By LRV value, it is a medium light color.

Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.

Dark Color
Carnation Pink
LRV 52.7
Light Color

Compare LRV 52.7 of Carnation Pink with dark and light color

Is Carnation Pink Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)

Check if the color Carnation Pink meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.

WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.

  • Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
  • Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.

Normal text - 14pt

Normal Bold text - 12pt


Large text - 18pt

Large Bold text - 14pt

Color Codes - Color Space Conversions

Carnation Pink (Color - Crayola Crayons) color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB

HEX #FFA6C9
Hex triplet
#FFA6C9
Red
FF
Green
A6
Blue
C9
RGBA / RGB rgb(255, 166, 201)
Red
255 (100.0%)
Green
166 (65.1%)
Blue
201 (78.8%)
Alpha
1 (100.0%)
CMYK
Cyan
0.00%
Magenta
34.90%
Yellow
21.18%
Key
0.00%
HSL hsl(336.4deg, 100.0 %, 82.5 %)
Hue
336.4°
Saturation
100.00 %
Lightness
82.55 %
HSV / HSB
Hue
336.4°
Saturation
34.90 %
Brightness / Value
100.00 %
RYB ryb(41, 35, 33)
Red
41 (15.9%)
Yellow
35 (13.8%)
Blue
33 (12.9%)
HWB
Hue
336.4°
Whiteness
65.10 %
Blackness
0.00 %
CMY
Cyan
0.00%
Magenta
34.90%
Yellow
21.18%
XYZ
X
65.42
Y
52.75
Z
61.99
YXY
Y1
52.75
X
0.36
Y2
0.29
CIE-Lab
L
77.73
A
37.47
B
-4.17
CIE-Lch
L
77.73
C
37.7
H
353.66
CIE-Luv
L
77.73
U
53.69
V
-13.14
Hunter-Lab
L
72.63
A
33.68
B
0.23
Other
LRV
~ 52.7 %
Munsell Color System
10RP 7.6/9.9

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What is Delta E (ΔE)?

Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.

ΔE 0
Identical – an exact match
ΔE under 1
Not perceptible; the eye cannot separate them
ΔE 1 – 2
Perceptible only on close, side-by-side inspection
ΔE 2 – 10
Perceptible at a glance
ΔE over 10
Reads as a different color altogether

Named colors similar to Carnation Pink (Color - Crayola Crayons)

These are the named colors closest to Carnation Pink (Color - Crayola Crayons), closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).

#FFA6C9 Color Carnation Pink
100.00% match | ΔE 0.00
#FBAED2 Color Lavender Pink
97.42% match | ΔE 2.58
#F6ADC6 Color Nadeshiko Pink
96.89% match | ΔE 3.11
#F19CBB Color Amaranth Pink
96.85% match | ΔE 3.15

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Pantone PMS

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#F99FC9 Color PANTONE 210 C
97.61% match | ΔE 2.39
#F8A3BC Color PANTONE 189 C
97.04% match | ΔE 2.96
#F59BBB Color PANTONE 1905 C
97.00% match | ΔE 3.00
#FF9BCB Color PANTONE 933 C
96.62% match | ΔE 3.38

Pantone TCX

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RAL Design

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British Standard 4800

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Paint similar to Carnation Pink (Color - Crayola Crayons)

These are the real paint colors closest to Carnation Pink (Color - Crayola Crayons) from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from Carnation Pink once it is on a wall.


Dunn-Edwards

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Benjamin Moore

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PPG Paints

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Valspar

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Behr

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Sherwin Williams

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Farrow & Ball

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Color Combinations

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Monochromatic Color Palette

Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.

Analogous Color Palette

Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.

Triadic Color Palette

The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel

Tetradic Color Palette

The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Complementary / Opposite Color

#FFA6C9
Carnation Pink
#A6FFDC
Magic Mint*

Complementary / Opposite Color

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.

What is the contrasting color of Carnation Pink - #FFA6C9?

Color that best contrast with Carnation Pink - #FFA6C9 is #A6FFDC, color name is Magic Mint*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.

What color compliments Carnation Pink - #FFA6C9?

Complementary or Opposite color for Carnation Pink - #FFA6C9 is #A6FFDC, color name is Magic Mint*.

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