All About Color Cardinal Pink

#8C055E

Cardinal Pink is a vibrant, deep pink color, resembling the color of cardinal birds. It's a bold and striking color, ideal for creating a dramatic and passionate ambiance.

About Cardinal Pink

Cardinal Pink is a dark pink color with the hex code #8C055E. In RGB it is red 140, green 5, blue 94; in HSL it is hue 320°, saturation 93%, lightness 28%; in CMYK it is 0%, 96%, 33%, 45%. Its contrast ratio is 9.14:1 on white and 2.30:1 on black.

#8C055E Color Conversion

Hex triplet8C, 05, 5E
CMYK0.00%, 96.43%, 32.86%, 45.10%
RGB Decimal140, 5, 94
HSL320°, 93%, 28%
RGB Octal214, 5, 136
HSV (HSB)320.44°, 96.43%, 54.90%
RGB Binary10001100, 101, 1011110
CIE-L*AB30.62, 55.93, -13.23
RGB Percent54.90%, 1.96%, 36.86%
CIE-L*CH30.62, 57.47, 346.70
XYZ12.89, 6.49, 11.16
CIE-L*UV30.62, 64.02, -24.64
xyY0.42, 0.21, 6.49
Hunter-Lab25.48, 45.71, -8.14
RYB54.90%, 1.96%, 36.86%

Color Accessibility Scores

#8C055E on a dark background: contrast 2.30:1, fails WCAG AA.
#8C055E on a light background: contrast 9.14:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Cardinal Pink, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Cardinal Pink. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#8C055E · #E2089A · #310221 · #058A31 · #08E251

Analogous palette

#31058A · #74058A · #8C055E · #8A051B · #8A3105

Triadic palette

#8C055E · #5E8A05 · #055E8A · #E2089A · #9AE208

Tetradic palette

#8C055E · #8A7405 · #058A31 · #051B8A · #310221

Monochromatic palette

#190111 · #40022B · #8C055E · #D40890 · #F830B5

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