#D5174ELusty Lips (#D5174E) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 14°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.215. 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.
| HEX | #D5174E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(213, 23, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(343, 81%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(343, 89%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 89%, 63%, 16%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(46.1 69.6 21.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.563 0.215 14) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Lusty Lips shifts subtly: drifts toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#d50b48 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: drifts toward red#d8134c — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#d5174e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#d6184f — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Lusty Lips 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 5.17:1 and against black 4.06:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffb4ba · #ff6d82 · #d5174e · #ab003a · #700023 · #3b000e
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.
#ea7130 · #e34b3a · #d5174e · #b30c64 · #900c6f · #6c0c71
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.
#f99800 · #c08546 · #d5174e · #a60439 · #780026 · #381d00
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.
#00e0de · #ba868a · #d5174e · #8b3442 · #641927 · #390913
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dcf9f8 · #a98688 · #d5174e · #4c605f · #3b1a1e · #000202
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.
#e6f5f5 · #bccdcc · #8da0a0 · #0b2727 · #000505 · #d5174e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cadcba · #36bad0 · #d5174e · #7a5174 · #2b3846 · #1d0516
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c4fffd · #00aa78 · #d5174e · #006680 · #002e1d · #000408
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1fcd0 · #62a522 · #d5174e · #005bac · #00254e · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f9f5c3 · #9f9300 · #d5174e · #006969 · #25006e · #000202
#E44A66 · #F16D7F · #FE8C99 · #FFB0B7 · #FFD1D4
#B4003E · #920030 · #700023 · #510016 · #33000A
#C43E57 · #B1535F · #9E6267
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.