Pinky #FC86AA

Pinky (#FC86AA) is a light, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 2°, lightness 0.76 and chroma 0.148. 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#FC86AA
RGBrgb(252, 134, 170)
HSLhsl(342, 95%, 76%)
HSVhsv(342, 47%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47%, 33%, 1%)
CIE Lablab(69.9 48.6 1.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.760 0.148 2)

How Pinky behaves under real light

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

Test Pinky 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 2.3:1 and against black 9.13:1, 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 Pinky

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.

#ffecf1 · #ffafc4 · #fc86aa · #bb5677 · #8e3654 · #631534

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.

#ffc9bc · #ffa9ab · #fc86aa · #da79b1 · #b66eb1 · #9364aa

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.

#fc86aa · #b68667 · #ae516f · #884200 · #6b1938 · #3c1900

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.

#eec9d2 · #fc86aa · #00a694 · #965a6b · #713e4d · #482731

Quiet Support

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

#e4f7f3 · #fc86aa · #a68e94 · #505d5a · #331d23 · #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.

#e7f5f2 · #bccdca · #8da19d · #0d2823 · #000504 · #fc86aa

Complementary

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

#d7ddb7 · #fc86aa · #b48cb4 · #28986e · #30402d · #220703

Split-complementary

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

#d2fcf4 · #fc86aa · #57aa70 · #006674 · #002e12 · #000305

Triadic

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

#edf7d6 · #fc86aa · #89a048 · #005f92 · #002841 · #010200

Tetradic

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

#fcf2d1 · #fc86aa · #af9231 · #00695d · #141760 · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF98B6 · #FFACC2 · #FFBECF · #FFCFDB · #FFE0E8

Shades

#D36A8A · #AB4E6C · #85344F · #601A34 · #3D011B

Muted

#EE91AB · #DF9BAD · #CFA3AE

Using Pinky

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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