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Organized Punch

#f8a6e5
Notes

Organized Punch (#F8A6E5) is a soft magenta with a pastel character. It reads calm and airy, with enough chroma to feel intentional rather than washed out. Its HSL profile (314°, 85%, 81%) places it in the highly saturated band at a light lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary green. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#f8a6e5
RGB
rgb(248, 166, 229)
HSL
hsl(314, 85%, 81%)
HWB
hwb(314 65% 3%)
OKLCH
oklch(82.4% 0.125 335.4)
HSV
hsv(314, 33%, 97%)
LAB
lab(77.81% 39.51 -19.34)
LCH
lch(77.81% 43.99 333.91)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 33%, 8%, 3%)

Etymology

Organized
adjective

Greek órganon, instrument / tool — past-participle of organize. As a color modifier, organized implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-systematic quality where the hue carries the visual register of well-coordinated-and-classified arrangement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to orderly and methodical in usage.

Punch
noun

A bright pink-red color named for the surface of a fruit punch — particularly the Tahitian-style punches of mid-century cocktail culture and the brand-name Hawaiian Punch whose color was a signature. The color refers to a saturated, slightly cool red-pink: brighter than fuchsia, warmer than rose, with the mid-century-tropical weight of a color tied to a specific decade of American cookout entertaining.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#f8a6e5
Original
#a6b9e7
Protanopia
#bbc5e3
Deuteranopia
#ffa9bd
Tritanopia
#bcbcbc
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.81:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
11.58:1

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