#CC77EEFake Love (#CC77EE) is a light, saturated purple with an OKLCH hue of 316°, lightness 0.71 and chroma 0.186. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #CC77EE |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(204, 119, 238) |
| HSL | hsl(283, 78%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(283, 50%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(14%, 50%, 0%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(63.5 52.5 -46.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.707 0.186 316) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Fake Love shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#d074e0 — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta#d178ea — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#cc77ee — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cc77f1 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Fake Love 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 2.82:1 and against black 7.44:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
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.
#f9ecff · #e8b1ff · #cc77ee · #a356c1 · #7a3494 · #53116a
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.
#bebfff · #c19eff · #cc77ee · #c861bd · #bd4e8e · #ab3f62
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.
#f5a7b5 · #cc77ee · #a660c2 · #b51d52 · #67277f · #571126
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.
#8bde5a · #cc77ee · #8c7696 · #764c87 · #543063 · #321b3b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eaf6e5 · #cc77ee · #8e7f95 · #4b5348 · #291a2f · #000100
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.
#edf4ea · #c4ccc0 · #97a092 · #1d2818 · #010600 · #cc77ee
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dcf7d9 · #f1d03d · #cc77ee · #4d5693 · #29382a · #210613
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e2fbd6 · #cc77ee · #918900 · #005f44 · #242200 · #000301
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffefda · #cc77ee · #b27800 · #005d5d · #002727 · #130700
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffeee6 · #cc77ee · #cc632c · #2c5f00 · #002532 · #000200
#D58BF4 · #DF9FFA · #E8B2FF · #EEC8FF · #F4DDFF
#AA5DC8 · #8944A4 · #6A2C81 · #4C145F · #2F003F
#C382DE · #BA8CCE · #B194BE
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.