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Rose Silk Bright
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Rose Silk Bright

Pink · Hue 320
Hex
#F269C4
RGB
rgb(242, 105, 196)
HSL
hsl(320, 84%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 57%, 19%, 5%)
Metrics
S 84% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
2.8:1Fail
on black
7.6:1AA
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About this color

Rose Silk Bright (#F269C4) belongs to the pink family — hue 320°, 84% saturation, 68% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-rose-silk-bright: #F269C4;
  --colorarchive-rose-silk-bright-hsl: hsl(320, 84%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-rose-silk-bright-rgb: rgb(242, 105, 196);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SweetNurturingPlayful
Common in

Beauty · Children's Fashion · Dessert Brands

Pairs well with

Mint green for freshness, soft gold for warmth, light gray for sophistication

Design tip

Use for friendly, approachable interfaces. Millennial pink became a design movement — it still works for brands targeting warmth.

Cultural context ▶

Soft pink represents nurturing, innocence, and sweetness. Modern brands have reclaimed it as a gender-neutral color of kindness.

Color Origins

Pink family

From cheap cosmetic to feminist reclamation to gender-neutral comeback.

Heritage

Pink, as a named color, is recent in English (only since the late 17th century, originally referring to the Dianthus flower). The hue itself is even more recent in widespread use — most historical 'reds' that we'd now call pink were either faded cochineal or madder mixed with white lead. The classical Persian rosé and Venetian pink are old, but the cultural identity of 'pink' as its own thing is essentially a 20th-century construction.

Across cultures

Pink-as-girl is a marketing invention from the 1940s; before WWII pink was often suggested for boys ('a stronger, more decided color') and blue for girls. In Japanese culture, sakura pink carries seasonal and nostalgic weight without gender association. In Latin American culture, hot pink is a celebratory color; in much of South Asia, pink is one of the auspicious wedding palette colors. The Pink Triangle was reclaimed from a Nazi badge into a 1970s LGBTQ+ symbol.

In the wild

T-Mobile's magenta is a hard-trademarked, hard-defended brand color. Barbie pink (Pantone 219 C) became its own cultural force in 2023. Owens Corning trademarked the color of its insulation. The Pepto-Bismol pink is calibrated for medicine-cabinet recognizability. Wes Anderson built a career making heritage pinks (The Grand Budapest Hotel) feel deeply specific. Millennial Pink (~2014–2018) was a rebranding effort to make pink read as gender-neutral, sophisticated, and salable to adults.

How it reads

Pink reads softer and warmer than red; biologically it's still a long-wavelength color, but the white in it dampens the arousal response. Light pinks (blush, dusty rose) read as romantic, gentle, premium-feminine. Hot pinks read as energetic, queer-coded, or counterculture. Salmon and coral pinks read as healthy, beachy, or hospitality-friendly. Pink is having a sustained moment in adult-targeted brand design (skincare, DTC, beverage) precisely because it stopped being read as exclusively a children's color.

This particular tone

A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #F269C4.

  • Bilibili 哔哩哔哩primary
    Bilibili Pink · #FB7299
    →
  • Discordaccent
    Fuchsia · #EB459E
    →
  • Canvasecondary
    Canva Pink · #FE6F61
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #F269C4.

  • MexicoBarragán Earth Pink
    #D77176 · Casa Gilardi, Mexico City (1976)
    →
  • AustraliaReef Coral
    #FF7E6F · Great Barrier Reef coral — Acropora
    →
  • VietnamÁo Dài Pink
    #E94175 · Traditional silk dye
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Rose Bloom Bright
#F58ED3 · hsl(320, 84%, 76%)
Darker companion
Rose Tone Bright
#EF43B6 · hsl(320, 84%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Seafoam Silk Bright
#69F297 · hsl(140, 84%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Garnet Silk Bright
#F26997 · hsl(340, 84%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Fuchsia Silk Bright
#F269F2 · hsl(300, 84%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Olive Silk Bright
#C4F269 · hsl(80, 84%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Azure Silk Bright
#69C4F2 · hsl(200, 84%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Leaf Silk Bright
#80F269 · hsl(110, 84%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Lagoon Silk Bright
#69F2DB · hsl(170, 84%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Rose Silk Bright #F269C4
Lighter companion: Rose Bloom Bright #F58ED3
Darker companion: Rose Tone Bright #EF43B6
Complementary counterpoint: Seafoam Silk Bright #69F297
Analogous lead: Garnet Silk Bright #F26997
Analogous echo: Fuchsia Silk Bright #F269F2
Triadic +120°: Olive Silk Bright #C4F269
Triadic +240°: Azure Silk Bright #69C4F2
Split-comp +150°: Leaf Silk Bright #80F269
Split-comp +210°: Lagoon Silk Bright #69F2DB

Compare

See how Rose Silk Bright compares side by side with related colors.

vsRose Bloom BrightvsRose Tone BrightvsSeafoam Silk BrightvsGarnet Silk BrightvsFuchsia Silk BrightvsOlive Silk Bright

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Rose Silk Pure
#F862C6 · hsl(320, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Rose Silk Vivid
#EA71C2 · hsl(320, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Rose Tone Bright
#EF43B6 · hsl(320, 84%, 60%)
Nearby match
Rose Bloom Bright
#F58ED3 · hsl(320, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Rose Tone Pure
#F73BB8 · hsl(320, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Rose Bloom Pure
#FA89D5 · hsl(320, 92%, 76%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AA5.5:1
Seafoam Ink Faint
#202723
AA5.4:1
Seafoam Ink Muted
#1D2A22
AA5.3:1
Seafoam Ink Dust
#1A2D21
AA5.1:1
Seafoam Ink Soft
#183020
AA4.8:1
Seafoam Ink Clear
#10371D
AA5.5:1
Celadon Ink Faint
#202723

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#CDD5AF
Protanopia
#C6C5B3
Tritanopia
#EDA5A1
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