Cherry Pie Color

#2a0359

Cherry Pie is deep, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #d5fca6
Complementary Color #315903
Color Shade: warm blue (267.21° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 18.04% (better contrasting with white)
Cherry Pie Color Sample
Cherry Pie Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2a0359

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Cherry Pie Color. The Marionberry color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Invasive Indigo (#49017e) for more energetic effect. Try Indigo as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#315903 is the best complementary color to Cherry Pie. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #2a0359 complementary color is Verdun Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cherry Pie are #030659 and #550359. Thus found on the left and right of #2a0359 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gulf Blue and Clairvoyant colors as they work well with Cherry Pie.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cherry Pie palette consists of #065903 and #595503 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#315903). Try Japanese Laurel and Verdun Green colors in combination with #2a0359, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #2a0359 offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cherry Pie. Thus Camarone and Brown Bramble giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cherry Pie contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Verdun Green, Rustic Red, and Evening Sea split by 90° on the color wheel. #2a0359 square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cherry Pie tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#315903) and two others. The Brown Bramble is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Vogue – 120° from the complementary Verdun Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #592a03 and #033159.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2a0359 is made of 31% red, 2% green and 66% blue. In a HSL mode Cherry Pie has a hue angle of 267.21°, a saturation of 93.48% and a lightness of 18.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2a0359 is made of 18.43% cyan, 33.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.1% black ink.

HEX #2a0359
RGB Decimal rgb(42,3,89)
RGB Percentage 31%, 2%, 66%
CMYK 18.43, 33.72, 0, 65.1
HSL hsl(267.21,93.48%,18.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(267.21,96.63%,34.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(11.1252,37.3298,-42.0962)
XYZ xyz(2.7906,1.2786,9.5509)
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