Cotton Candy

#ffbcd9

Lighter cotton-rose tint for playful, subtle highlights

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About Cotton Candy

This is the pink that actually shows up. It's lighter than and less saturated than , but it doesn't disappear the way does, there's real color here, pale but present, the kind that reads as a deliberate choice rather than a whisper or a compromise.

Reach for it in health apps, beauty interfaces, and onboarding flows where you need warmth without the visual weight. It works on cards, backgrounds, and secondary elements in fintech and wellness products that want to feel approachable but not precious. The saturation sits in that useful middle ground: restrained enough for professional contexts, but with enough pigment to hold its own without relying on contrast tricks.

Pair it with warm neutrals and it gains dimension. Against cool grays it stays readable without popping aggressively like Comet does. Fair warning: test it at actual size in your UI before committing to small elements, it needs enough breathing room to read as intentional.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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11.34:1AAA

On Black #000000

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13.45:1AAA

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