Rosebud Cherry Color

#8a2d52

Rosebud Cherry is soft, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #75d2ad
Complementary Color #2d8a64
Color Shade: red magenta (336.13° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.88% (better contrasting with white)
Rosebud Cherry Color Sample
Rosebud Cherry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a2d52

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Rosebud Cherry Color. The Warrior Queen color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Rich Maroon (#b0306a) for more energetic effect. Try Royal Heath as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2d8a64 is the best complementary color to Rosebud Cherry. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8a2d52 complementary color is Sea Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Camelot are #8a2d80 and #8a362d. Thus found on the left and right of #8a2d52 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Plum and El Salva colors as they work well with Rosebud Cherry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rosebud Cherry palette consists of #2d808a and #2d8a36 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2d8a64). Try Lochinvar and Sea Green colors in combination with #8a2d52, 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 #8a2d52 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rosebud Cherry. Thus Chambray and Olive Drab giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rosebud Cherry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sea Green, Crete, and Minsk split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a2d52 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue 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. Rosebud Cherry tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#2d8a64) and two others. The Olive Drab is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eminence – 120° from the complementary Sea Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #528a2d and #642d8a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a2d52 is made of 52% red, 17% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Rosebud Cherry has a hue angle of 336.13°, a saturation of 50.82% and a lightness of 35.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a2d52 is made of 0% cyan, 36.47% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a2d52
RGB Decimal rgb(138,45,82)
RGB Percentage 52%, 17%, 31%
CMYK 0, 36.47, 21.96, 45.88
HSL hsl(336.13,50.82%,35.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(336.13,67.39%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.7511,42.7911,-0.7694)
XYZ xyz(12.9426,7.8892,8.8233)
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