Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea is a balanced pink color with HEX #D958A0. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 217, 88, 160, HSL 327, 63%, 60%, warm temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#D958A0 pink warm balanced
HEX #D958A0
RGB rgb(217, 88, 160)
HSL hsl(327 63% 60%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 59, 26, 15)
Luminance 0.2427
Contrast Black 5.85:1White 3.59:1

CSS Utilities

--color-bougainvillea: #D958A0;
.bg-bougainvillea { background-color: #D958A0; }
.text-bougainvillea { color: #D958A0; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.2427
Black text5.85:1AA Pass
White text3.59:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#599FD9"
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}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#F042A2",
  "desaturated": "#C36F9D",
  "pastel": "#EBC6DB",
  "neon": "#FF5CB6"
}
Pairings
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    "#EAA4CA",
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  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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      "life",
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      "organic texture"
    ],
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      "garden brands",
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      "packaging"
    ],
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  },
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Color meaning and use

About Bougainvillea Color

Bougainvillea sits in the pink family with warm temperature and balanced visual character. Bougainvillea is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Bougainvillea is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Pink color familyBrowse named pink colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Balanced colorsFind colors with balanced visual character.Bougainvillea accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #D958A0.Bougainvillea CSS utilitiesUse Bougainvillea in CSS variables and utility classes.#D958A0 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Bougainvillea paletteOpen the generated palette based on Bougainvillea.Bougainvillea harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Bougainvillea against black and white text.

Black text5.85:1AA Pass
White text3.59:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Pale Violet Red#DB7093
Blush#DE5D83
Mulberry#C54B8C
Orchid Purple#B565A7
Strawberry#FC5A8D

Color Harmonies

#59D993#59D993
#D359D9#D359D9
#D9595F#D9595F
#9FD959#9FD959
#599FD9#599FD9
Open full Bougainvillea harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#EAA4CA#EAA4CA
#AF2872#AF2872
#F042A2#F042A2
#C36F9D#C36F9D
#EBC6DB#EBC6DB
#FF5CB6#FF5CB6

Pairings

Black#000000
#59D993#59D993
#D359D9#D359D9
#D9595F#D9595F
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5