Nursery Pink
1161 · #F4D8E8 · LRV 74 — warm magenta tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Pale Cherry Blossom61
- 2Romance66
- 3Nursery Pink74
- 4Pink Bliss82
- 5Ballerina Gown87
What Color Is Nursery Pink, Really?
Nursery Pink reads as a warm magenta tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Kompozit 1161 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Nursery Pink
Nursery Pink is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Nursery Pink
At LRV 74, Nursery Pink is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its magenta undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Nursery Pink are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Kompozit 1161 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Lighthearted PinkSW 6568 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.4 | 71 | Color page → |
| Behr | Delicate Blush150E-1 · Behr | 1.6 | 73 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Primrose Petals1367 · Benjamin Moore | 2.6 | 71 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Utterly Pink1003-2C · Valspar | 2.4 | 75 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Brittany's BowPPG1181-2 · PPG / Glidden | 2.6 | 73 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Desert Dawn50YR 44/287 · Glidden | 3.4 | 44 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Nursery Pink within Kompozit's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #F4D8E8 in HSL space. Pair Nursery Pink with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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