Hyper Pink `#EC006C`

Hyper Pink (#EC006C) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 6°, lightness 0.61 and chroma 0.243. 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	`#EC006C`
RGB	`rgb(236, 0, 108)`
HSL	`hsl(333, 100%, 46%)`
HSV	`hsv(333, 100%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 100%, 54%, 7%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(50.6 79 9.6)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.606 0.243 6)`

How Hyper Pink behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Hyper Pink 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), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ec0065 — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #f0006a — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ec006c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ed016e — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Hyper Pink 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 4.39:1 and against black 4.78:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Hyper Pink

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.

#ffc9d3 · #ff86a3 · #ec006c · #be0055 · #820038 · #4c001d

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.

#ff794f · #fd4854 · #ec006c · #c60683 · #9e118e · #761590

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.

#ffa964 · #d88c4e · #ec006c · #ba0053 · #8a003c · #4a2400

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.

#ffe1e6 · #00e2d2 · #ec006c · #85505c · #791739 · #481022

Quiet Support

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

#d9faf5 · #b99198 · #ec006c · #576d6a · #421d26 · #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 · #0c2825 · #000504 · #ec006c

Complementary

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

#d8e0bb · #3acccd · #ec006c · #875e8c · #2f3f2f · #1c0519

Split-complementary

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

#c7fff7 · #00bb6e · #ec006c · #007489 · #00351b · #000305

Triadic

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

#e6fbc6 · #82af00 · #ec006c · #006cae · #002d4e · #010400

Tetradic

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

#fff2bf · #b89b00 · #ec006c · #00786f · #1f0081 · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F84880 · #FF7096 · #FF95AD · #FFB6C5 · #FFD4DC

Shades

#C40058 · #9D0045 · #780033 · #560022 · #350012

Muted

#D94071 · #C55975 · #AF6B7A

Using Hyper Pink

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.