Xoxo #F08497

Xoxo (#F08497) is a light, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 10°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.133. 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#F08497
RGBrgb(240, 132, 151)
HSLhsl(349, 78%, 73%)
HSVhsv(349, 45%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 45%, 37%, 6%)
CIE Lablab(67.5 43.2 8.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.736 0.133 10)

How Xoxo behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Xoxo shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Xoxo 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 2.48:1 and against black 8.45:1, 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 Xoxo

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.

#ffedef · #ffb0bc · #f08497 · #b85b6c · #8c3a4b · #621a2c

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.

#ffbfa6 · #ff9e95 · #f08497 · #d1759d · #b0699d · #8f5e98

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.

#f08497 · #a98261 · #a44f5f · #784200 · #61172b · #311700

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.

#ffebed · #e5c2c7 · #f08497 · #009d96 · #89585f · #603f44

Quiet Support

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

#e5f6f4 · #f08497 · #9d888a · #4d5857 · #301c1f · #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 · #bccdcc · #8ea1a0 · #0e2928 · #000706 · #f08497

Complementary

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

#dadbb6 · #f08497 · #279080 · #725777 · #2c3b2a · #1f0903

Split-complementary

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

#d5fbf7 · #f08497 · #4ca277 · #006075 · #002b18 · #000408

Triadic

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

#e9f8dc · #f08497 · #799b53 · #005798 · #002445 · #010500

Tetradic

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

#f8f3d5 · #f08497 · #9e8f3a · #00635f · #1c1557 · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F696A5 · #FCA7B4 · #FFB9C3 · #FFCCD3 · #FFDFE3

Shades

#C9697A · #A34E5E · #7F3544 · #5C1C2B · #3B0514

Muted

#E38D9B · #D5969F · #C69EA3

Using Xoxo

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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