First Love #CF758A

First Love (#CF758A) is a mid-tone, soft pink with an OKLCH hue of 6°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.115. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#CF758A
RGBrgb(207, 117, 138)
HSLhsl(346, 48%, 64%)
HSVhsv(346, 43%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 33%, 19%)
CIE Lablab(59.7 37.6 4.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.667 0.115 6)

How First Love behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light First Love shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test First Love 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 3.2:1 and against black 6.56:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with First Love

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.

#ffe6eb · #fdaabc · #cf758a · #ae5c6f · #833b4d · #591b2e

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.

#eca690 · #e08d8a · #cf758a · #b2678c · #935a89 · #754f81

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.

#d0ab90 · #cf758a · #a65d6e · #884700 · #652738 · #3c1c01

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.

#5cdccf · #cf758a · #866c71 · #72454f · #502a33 · #2c1419

Quiet Support

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

#e7f6f3 · #cf758a · #867477 · #424b4a · #29181c · #000101

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 · #0c2825 · #000504 · #cf758a

Complementary

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

#caddbc · #ba9eb9 · #cf758a · #1c6f7f · #354559 · #1b071a

Split-complementary

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

#d9faf5 · #cf758a · #488a62 · #005262 · #002511 · #000305

Triadic

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

#ecf6de · #cf758a · #6c8345 · #004c7d · #001f39 · #010300

Tetradic

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

#f9f2d9 · #cf758a · #8a7934 · #00554f · #14144a · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DA899B · #E49DAB · #EEB0BD · #F8C4CE · #FFD9E0

Shades

#AD5D70 · #8D4658 · #6E3040 · #501B2A · #340716

Muted

#C47D8C · #B8848E · #AC8A91

Using First Love

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. 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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