#AA0077Katy Berry (#AA0077) is a dark, vivid magenta with an OKLCH hue of 347°, lightness 0.49 and chroma 0.207. 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 | #AA0077 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 0, 119) |
| HSL | hsl(318, 100%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(318, 100%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 30%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(37.6 65.8 -17.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.490 0.207 347) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Katy Berry shifts subtly: drifts toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#aa006f — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward pink#ad0075 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: drifts toward pink#aa0077 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ab0079 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Katy Berry 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 7.06:1 and against black 2.98:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black 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.
#fa88c8 · #d758a3 · #aa0077 · #800059 · #4c0033 · #1e0011
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.
#d2525c · #c13168 · #aa0077 · #85057f · #60077e · #3e0574
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.
#f9a184 · #ff6024 · #b1664e · #aa0077 · #7d0056 · #520037
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.
#00e6ac · #d187ae · #9c7188 · #aa0077 · #6b234e · #3e152d
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f8ee · #c9aab9 · #6e7f77 · #aa0077 · #5c3d4d · #000301
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.
#e8f5ef · #becdc7 · #90a19a · #132921 · #000703 · #aa0077
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#f0f3cc · #56fb3f · #8161ac · #aa0077 · #4a533e · #1e0507
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ceffe9 · #7fcc5c · #008c8e · #aa0077 · #235500 · #000202
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f6f5c5 · #c2ba00 · #0087ad · #aa0077 · #004f68 · #040300
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffefd9 · #eda400 · #00906b · #aa0077 · #004492 · #000301
#BE3E8C · #D162A2 · #E384B8 · #F4A4CF · #FFC8E4
#8F0063 · #740050 · #5A003D · #42002C · #2C001B
#9D2D72 · #8F416E · #7F4E69
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.