Pink and red color palettes

Pink and red are neighbors on the color wheel (about 36° apart), an analogous pairing. Analogous schemes feel harmonious and natural because the hues share undertones; the trade-off is low hue contrast, so separate them by lightness when they sit next to each other.

In practice, pink ranges from soft blush surfaces to a very strong magenta accent, while red brings urgency and is best kept to calls to action and highlights. The palettes below combine both families, strongest matches first; open any of them to see its contrast matrix and copy the hex codes, CSS variables or Tailwind config.

Hue contrast is not text contrast: two colors can look completely different and still fail WCAG as text and background. Every palette page shows which pairs pass, and the contrast checker suggests the nearest passing shade.