Cotton Candy Comet

#ffc3cb

Heir to blush, but paler and cooler

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About Cotton Candy Comet

This one's actually saturated. Where Abloom hedges its bets and whispers, Cotton Candy Comet commits, it's brighter and warmer than its neighbors, the kind of pink that reads as intentional the moment it lands on screen. It's got real presence without tipping into hot pink territory. You notice it's there, and that's the point.

It lands well in onboarding flows, beauty app interfaces, and playful product packaging where you need approachable energy but not childishness. It's also solid for wellness and health contexts that want to feel friendly rather than clinical. Unlike Creamy Strawberry's powdery restraint or 's deliberate fade, this one works best when you actually want the pink to carry some visual weight.

Pair it with warm neutrals and it feels energetic without noise. Near cool grays, it pops a little harder than you might expect, test at actual size before committing to secondary elements.

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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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1.51:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.38:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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11.74:1AAA

On Black #000000

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13.92:1AAA

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