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Peony Radiant Clear
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Peony Radiant Clear

Pink · Hue 310
Hex
#C94AB4
RGB
rgb(201, 74, 180)
HSL
hsl(310, 54%, 54%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 63%, 10%, 21%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 54%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
4.1:1AA Large
on black
5.1:1AA
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About this color

Peony Radiant Clear (#C94AB4) belongs to the pink family — hue 310°, 54% saturation, 54% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-peony-radiant-clear: #C94AB4;
  --colorarchive-peony-radiant-clear-hsl: hsl(310, 54%, 54%);
  --colorarchive-peony-radiant-clear-rgb: rgb(201, 74, 180);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

BoldFunConfident
Common in

Fashion · Music · Social Platforms

Pairs well with

Black for edge, deep navy for sophistication, bright yellow for energy

Design tip

A fearless accent color. Use for CTAs and brand moments that need personality. Hot pink buttons are impossible to miss.

Cultural context ▶

Hot pink represents confidence, fun, and breaking rules. Popularized by punk culture and pop icons as a statement color.

Color Origins

Pink family

From cheap cosmetic to feminist reclamation to gender-neutral comeback.

Heritage

Pink, as a named color, is recent in English (only since the late 17th century, originally referring to the Dianthus flower). The hue itself is even more recent in widespread use — most historical 'reds' that we'd now call pink were either faded cochineal or madder mixed with white lead. The classical Persian rosé and Venetian pink are old, but the cultural identity of 'pink' as its own thing is essentially a 20th-century construction.

Across cultures

Pink-as-girl is a marketing invention from the 1940s; before WWII pink was often suggested for boys ('a stronger, more decided color') and blue for girls. In Japanese culture, sakura pink carries seasonal and nostalgic weight without gender association. In Latin American culture, hot pink is a celebratory color; in much of South Asia, pink is one of the auspicious wedding palette colors. The Pink Triangle was reclaimed from a Nazi badge into a 1970s LGBTQ+ symbol.

In the wild

T-Mobile's magenta is a hard-trademarked, hard-defended brand color. Barbie pink (Pantone 219 C) became its own cultural force in 2023. Owens Corning trademarked the color of its insulation. The Pepto-Bismol pink is calibrated for medicine-cabinet recognizability. Wes Anderson built a career making heritage pinks (The Grand Budapest Hotel) feel deeply specific. Millennial Pink (~2014–2018) was a rebranding effort to make pink read as gender-neutral, sophisticated, and salable to adults.

How it reads

Pink reads softer and warmer than red; biologically it's still a long-wavelength color, but the white in it dampens the arousal response. Light pinks (blush, dusty rose) read as romantic, gentle, premium-feminine. Hot pinks read as energetic, queer-coded, or counterculture. Salmon and coral pinks read as healthy, beachy, or hospitality-friendly. Pink is having a sustained moment in adult-targeted brand design (skincare, DTC, beverage) precisely because it stopped being read as exclusively a children's color.

This particular tone

A confident mid-tone — this is the workhorse register of the hue, and the band where most successful brand colors live.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #C94AB4.

  • Discordaccent
    Fuchsia · #EB459E
    →
  • PlayStationaccent
    Circle Pink · #E83287
    →
  • Instagramprimary
    Sunset Pink · #DD2A7B
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #C94AB4.

  • VietnamÁo Dài Pink
    #E94175 · Traditional silk dye
    →
  • MexicoBarragán Earth Pink
    #D77176 · Casa Gilardi, Mexico City (1976)
    →
  • MoroccoPisé Terracotta
    #C75B3D · Sun-dried earth wall construction
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Peony Tone Clear
#D062BE · hsl(310, 54%, 60%)
Darker companion
Peony Core Clear
#BC38A6 · hsl(310, 54%, 48%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mint Radiant Clear
#4AC95F · hsl(130, 54%, 54%)
Analogous lead
Blush Radiant Clear
#C94A8A · hsl(330, 54%, 54%)
Analogous echo
Magenta Radiant Clear
#B44AC9 · hsl(290, 54%, 54%)
Triadic +120°
Honey Radiant Clear
#B4C94A · hsl(70, 54%, 54%)
Triadic +240°
Cerulean Radiant Clear
#4AB4C9 · hsl(190, 54%, 54%)
Split-comp +150°
Moss Radiant Clear
#75C94A · hsl(100, 54%, 54%)
Split-comp +210°
Teal Radiant Clear
#4AC99F · hsl(160, 54%, 54%)
Export preview
Base: Peony Radiant Clear #C94AB4
Lighter companion: Peony Tone Clear #D062BE
Darker companion: Peony Core Clear #BC38A6
Complementary counterpoint: Mint Radiant Clear #4AC95F
Analogous lead: Blush Radiant Clear #C94A8A
Analogous echo: Magenta Radiant Clear #B44AC9
Triadic +120°: Honey Radiant Clear #B4C94A
Triadic +240°: Cerulean Radiant Clear #4AB4C9
Split-comp +150°: Moss Radiant Clear #75C94A
Split-comp +210°: Teal Radiant Clear #4AC99F

Compare

See how Peony Radiant Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsPeony Tone ClearvsPeony Core ClearvsMint Radiant ClearvsBlush Radiant ClearvsMagenta Radiant ClearvsHoney Radiant Clear

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Peony Core Clear
#BC38A6 · hsl(310, 54%, 48%)
Nearby match
Peony Tone Clear
#D062BE · hsl(310, 54%, 60%)
Nearby match
Mauve Radiant Clear
#C94ABE · hsl(305, 54%, 54%)
Nearby match
Peony Velvet Clear
#A53192 · hsl(310, 54%, 42%)
Nearby match
Peony Radiant Soft
#B262A4 · hsl(310, 34%, 54%)
Nearby match
Peony Radiant Vivid
#E133C4 · hsl(310, 74%, 54%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AA4.6:1
Iris Ink Vivid
#09093E
AA4.6:1
Iris Ink Bright
#060642
AA4.6:1
Iris Ink Pure
#030345
AA4.5:1
Amethyst Ink Vivid
#0E093E
AA4.6:1
Amethyst Ink Bright
#0B0642
AA4.6:1
Amethyst Ink Pure
#080345

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#A8AF9E
Protanopia
#A2A1A2
Tritanopia
#C5928E
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