Piggy #EF98AA

Piggy (#EF98AA) is a light, soft pink with an OKLCH hue of 6°, lightness 0.77 and chroma 0.106. 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#EF98AA
RGBrgb(239, 152, 170)
HSLhsl(348, 73%, 77%)
HSVhsv(348, 36%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 29%, 6%)
CIE Lablab(72 34.9 4.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.772 0.106 6)

How Piggy behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Piggy shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Piggy 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 2.16:1 and against black 9.74:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Piggy

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.

#ffecef · #ffb0bf · #ef98aa · #ac6473 · #824351 · #592331

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.

#ffcfc0 · #ffb0ac · #ef98aa · #d188aa · #b27ba6 · #936e9e

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.

#ef98aa · #af8e76 · #a5616f · #864a0d · #642a39 · #3c1f05

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.

#ecd0d5 · #ef98aa · #2aa89d · #90646d · #6d474e · #472e33

Quiet Support

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

#e7f5f3 · #ef98aa · #a59497 · #555e5d · #312124 · #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 · #bccdcb · #8da19e · #0c2825 · #000504 · #ef98aa

Complementary

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

#dadeb9 · #ef98aa · #b992b2 · #2d967d · #31412f · #1c0803

Split-complementary

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

#dbf9f5 · #ef98aa · #6ca983 · #00677b · #002f18 · #000407

Triadic

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

#ecf6df · #ef98aa · #8ba369 · #1d6094 · #002846 · #010400

Tetradic

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

#f8f2da · #ef98aa · #a8995a · #006b63 · #1c1e51 · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F4A6B6 · #F9B4C1 · #FDC3CD · #FFD2DA · #FFE2E7

Shades

#C77A8A · #A15D6B · #7C414E · #582733 · #370E19

Muted

#E49FAC · #D8A5AF · #CCABB1

Using Piggy

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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