Amor #EE3377

Amor (#EE3377) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 5°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.223. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#EE3377
RGBrgb(238, 51, 119)
HSLhsl(338, 85%, 57%)
HSVhsv(338, 79%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79%, 50%, 7%)
CIE Lablab(53.9 72.7 7.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.632 0.223 5)

How Amor behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Amor shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Amor in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.91:1 and against black 5.38:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Amor

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffd5dd · #ff95ae · #ee3377 · #c80d5e · #8e003f · #570023

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#ff8865 · #ff5b64 · #ee3377 · #c82e8a · #a12c94 · #7b2993

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#dd965f · #ee3377 · #be255d · #7a3e00 · #68002c · #311400

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00e2d1 · #ee3377 · #8b5964 · #7e2642 · #580826 · #2e000f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#dcf9f4 · #bf9aa1 · #ee3377 · #607471 · #44222a · #000201

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f3 · #bccdca · #8da19e · #0c2824 · #000504 · #ee3377

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#c7fff7 · #00beb0 · #ee3377 · #008177 · #003732 · #130003

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c7fff7 · #00c472 · #ee3377 · #007d92 · #00391c · #000305

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e7faca · #8bb70f · #ee3377 · #0074b9 · #003052 · #010400

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fff2c1 · #c2a300 · #ee3377 · #008177 · #21008a · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F85A8A · #FF7B9E · #FF9CB3 · #FFBAC9 · #FFD6DE

Shades

#CA1B60 · #A5004B · #7E0037 · #590025 · #370013

Muted

#DC517B · #C9657F · #B47583

Using Amor

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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