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Fluorescent Pyrope

#fe8aba
Notes

Fluorescent Pyrope (#FE8ABA) is a soft magenta with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (335°, 98%, 77%) 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 teal. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#fe8aba
RGB
rgb(254, 138, 186)
HSL
hsl(335, 98%, 77%)
HWB
hwb(335 54% 0%)
OKLCH
oklch(77.3% 0.149 355.0)
HSV
hsv(335, 46%, 100%)
LAB
lab(71.42% 49.30 -5.22)
LCH
lch(71.42% 49.58 353.96)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 46%, 27%, 0%)

Etymology

Fluorescent
adjective

Latin fluēre, to flow — adjectival suffix -escent. As a color modifier, fluorescent implies a saturated-and-UV-stimulated-glow quality, the bright color of fluorite-and-ZnS mineral-pigment fluorescent-lamp emission. Sits at the bright-and-cool end of the grid, parallel to phosphorescent and neon in usage.

Pyrope
noun

A magnesium-aluminum garnet variety — the deeper, more saturated red of fine garnets from Czech, South African, and Tanzanian sources. The color refers to a faceted Bohemian pyrope: a saturated, slightly cool deep red with the gem's signature internal life. Deeper than almandine, warmer than ruby.

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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Harmonies

Accessibility

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.

#fe8aba
Original
#99a2bc
Protanopia
#b7b7b7
Deuteranopia
#ff849b
Tritanopia
#a6a6a6
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
2.20:1
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
9.56:1

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