Pleasure #80385C

Pleasure (#80385C) is a dark, soft pink with an OKLCH hue of 351°, lightness 0.45 and chroma 0.108. 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#80385C
RGBrgb(128, 56, 92)
HSLhsl(330, 39%, 36%)
HSVhsv(330, 56%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56%, 28%, 50%)
CIE Lablab(34.4 35.4 -6.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.448 0.108 351)

How Pleasure behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Pleasure 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), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Pleasure 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 7.96:1 and against black 2.64:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Pleasure

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.

#cf92ad · #ac6a88 · #80385c · #622043 · #3b0123 · #110006

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.

#a3625f · #934c5c · #80385c · #642d59 · #492352 · #2f1947

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.

#cfa290 · #c67857 · #8d6758 · #80385c · #5c2240 · #3d0926

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.

#73dbbb · #b08799 · #846d76 · #80385c · #4f2a3b · #2a151f

Quiet Support

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

#e8f5f0 · #b9a8af · #68716d · #80385c · #48373e · #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.

#e8f5f0 · #bfcec8 · #91a39c · #152c25 · #000a05 · #80385c

Complementary

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

#ebebc5 · #8fea72 · #6d589e · #80385c · #33443a · #1e0504

Split-complementary

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

#d2d7b1 · #7ebc6b · #6a8e8d · #80385c · #374536 · #1b051f

Triadic

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

#f2f4dc · #b0b372 · #0278a1 · #80385c · #00435c · #020200

Tetradic

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

#fdf0da · #caa86d · #008266 · #80385c · #1f3b6c · #000402

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#975574 · #AD728D · #C490A6 · #DAAEC1 · #F0CDDC

Shades

#6D2C4D · #5A213E · #481530 · #370A23 · #260216

Muted

#78405A · #6F4659 · #664C57

Using Pleasure

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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