Pucker Up `#FF1177`

Pucker Up (#FF1177) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 6°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.254. 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	`#FF1177`
RGB	`rgb(255, 17, 119)`
HSL	`hsl(334, 100%, 53%)`
HSV	`hsv(334, 93%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 93%, 53%, 0%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(55.1 82.7 9.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.646 0.254 6)`

How Pucker Up behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Pucker Up shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ff006f — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ff0974 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ff1177 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ff1279 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Pucker Up 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 3.75:1 and against black 5.6:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Pucker Up

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.

#ffdce2 · #ff9db3 · #ff1177 · #d2005f · #950042 · #5d0026

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.

#ff906e · #ff666a · #ff1177 · #d71690 · #ae1d9d · #84209f

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.

#e89756 · #ff1177 · #cc085e · #7f4200 · #6e002f · #361700

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.

#00e2d1 · #ff1177 · #935a67 · #892143 · #610028 · #340011

Quiet Support

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

#d8faf5 · #c79da5 · #ff1177 · #617975 · #49212b · #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.

#e7f5f3 · #bccdca · #8da19e · #0c2825 · #000504 · #ff1177

Complementary

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

#ccdab7 · #bf91c3 · #ff1177 · #1b6d73 · #34434f · #1d061a

Split-complementary

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

#d1e2c0 · #80ccdf · #ff1177 · #4f856a · #374351 · #1a051a

Triadic

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

#e5fcc4 · #8dbd00 · #ff1177 · #0078c0 · #003255 · #010400

Tetradic

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

#fff2c0 · #c7a800 · #ff1177 · #00857b · #23008e · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF5B8C · #FF81A1 · #FFA1B5 · #FFBDCA · #FFD7DF

Shades

#D50061 · #AA004C · #820038 · #5B0025 · #380013

Muted

#EB497C · #D56381 · #BE7686

Using Pucker Up

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.