Warm Pink `#FB5581`

Warm Pink (#FB5581) is a light, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 8°, lightness 0.68 and chroma 0.203. 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	`#FB5581`
RGB	`rgb(251, 85, 129)`
HSL	`hsl(344, 95%, 66%)`
HSV	`hsv(344, 66%, 98%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 66%, 49%, 2%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(60.4 66 11.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.685 0.203 8)`

How Warm Pink behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Warm Pink shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #fc5078 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ff547e — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #fb5581 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #fc5683 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Warm Pink 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 3.13:1 and against black 6.72:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Warm Pink

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 · #ffb0bd · #fb5581 · #d43966 · #a30f45 · #6c002a

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.

#ffa585 · #ff817b · #fb5581 · #d74b93 · #b1459b · #8b3f9b

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.

#e9aa75 · #fb5581 · #cb4467 · #8c4c00 · #810033 · #422000

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.

#00e1d6 · #fb5581 · #996a72 · #8c3b4d · #651f31 · #3b0e1a

Quiet Support

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

#ddf8f5 · #fb5581 · #95757a · #3f504e · #32141a · #000202

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.

#e7f5f4 · #bccdcb · #8ea19f · #0e2927 · #000706 · #fb5581

Complementary

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

#d4dbb6 · #cda1c5 · #fb5581 · #1e7973 · #394c38 · #1e061b

Split-complementary

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

#c3daba · #76c29e · #fb5581 · #46737d · #3b4860 · #1f061d

Triadic

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

#e6facf · #fb5581 · #628f00 · #004f86 · #00203d · #010500

Tetradic

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

#fcf3c5 · #fb5581 · #927e00 · #005954 · #190062 · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF7493 · #FF91A7 · #FFABBA · #FFC4CD · #FFDBE0

Shades

#D43E68 · #AE2650 · #890939 · #610025 · #3B0013

Muted

#E96A86 · #D67A8C · #C28791

Using Warm Pink

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.