Kirby #D74894

Kirby (#D74894) is a mid-tone, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 351°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.193. 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#D74894
RGBrgb(215, 72, 148)
HSLhsl(328, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(328, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67%, 31%, 16%)
CIE Lablab(53.2 62.5 -11.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.622 0.193 351)

How Kirby behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Kirby shifts subtly: leans toward red; 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.

Test Kirby 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 4:1 and against black 5.24:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Kirby

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.

#ffcfe3 · #ff8bc2 · #d74894 · #b42e78 · #850054 · #500030

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.

#fc817d · #ed6486 · #d74894 · #b1429d · #8a3c9d · #653795

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.

#d89174 · #d74894 · #ab3674 · #822f00 · #61003b · #340c00

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.

#ffe8f1 · #00e5b7 · #d74894 · #81596a · #712c4f · #441c30

Quiet Support

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

#e1f8ef · #b699a5 · #d74894 · #61716b · #3e232f · #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.

#e8f5f0 · #bfcec8 · #91a39c · #152c25 · #000a05 · #d74894

Complementary

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

#ccffed · #00bd97 · #d74894 · #007f65 · #003629 · #0a0003

Split-complementary

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

#ced7b2 · #84c7c9 · #d74894 · #518348 · #374338 · #170520

Triadic

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

#f3f6ca · #a6aa0e · #d74894 · #00769f · #003246 · #040300

Tetradic

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

#fff0d6 · #d09700 · #d74894 · #007f65 · #00246f · #000402

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E366A4 · #EE81B5 · #F99BC6 · #FFB6D6 · #FFD4E6

Shades

#B6347A · #952062 · #76084A · #550033 · #34001E

Muted

#C85B91 · #B9698E · #A8758C

Using Kirby

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.

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