#CD526CCabaret (#CD526C) is a mid-tone, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 10°, lightness 0.61 and chroma 0.157. 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.
| HEX | #CD526C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(205, 82, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(347, 55%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(347, 60%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60%, 47%, 20%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(52 50.9 10.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.606 0.157 10) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Cabaret 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.
#ce4e64 — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#d1526a — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#cd526c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ce536e — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Cabaret in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 4.18:1 and against black 5.02:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffc9d0 · #fa8b9e · #cd526c · #aa3953 · #7d1534 · #4d0019
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.
#e68b67 · #dc6e65 · #cd526c · #ae4676 · #8d3c79 · #6d3375
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.
#ffaa58 · #c4956d · #cd526c · #a23e53 · #7e2339 · #482500
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.
#ffe1e5 · #00e1d9 · #cd526c · #7a575c · #6a2e39 · #3e1b22
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f7f5 · #b09598 · #cd526c · #5d6b6a · #3b2326 · #000202
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.
#e7f5f4 · #bccdcc · #8ea1a0 · #0e2928 · #000706 · #cd526c
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cffdf9 · #00b4ae · #cd526c · #007873 · #003330 · #180003
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cffdf9 · #48b582 · #cd526c · #00748d · #00341f · #000408
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e7f9d8 · #83ac55 · #cd526c · #006ab8 · #002c52 · #010600
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f9f3cf · #af9e33 · #cd526c · #007873 · #23186a · #000202
#DA6D80 · #E78695 · #F29FAB · #FDB8C1 · #FFD5DA
#AD3F57 · #8E2C43 · #701930 · #54041E · #36000F
#BF5F71 · #B16B75 · #A1747A
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.