April Love is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green
| Inverse Color | #74c2d0 |
| Complementary Color | #2f7c8b |
| Color Shade: | mid red (9.13° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 36.47% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to April Love Color. The Texas Ranger Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Azuki Red (#672422) for more energetic effect. Try Hyacinth Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#2f7c8b is the best complementary color to April Love. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8b3d2f complementary color is Calypso, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mule Fawn are #8b2f4e and #8b6a2f. Thus found on the left and right of #8b3d2f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Pesto colors as they work well with April Love.
The split-complementary April Love palette consists of #2f4f8b and #2f8b6a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2f7c8b). Try Chambray and Sea Green colors in combination with #8b3d2f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #8b3d2f offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the April Love. Thus Minsk and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of April Love contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Calypso, Apple, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b3d2f square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. April Love tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#2f7c8b) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plum – 120° from the complementary Calypso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2f8b3c and #8b2f7d.
In a RGB color space, hex #8b3d2f is made of 56% red, 25% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode April Love has a hue angle of 9.13°, a saturation of 49.46% and a lightness of 36.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b3d2f is made of 0% cyan, 30.59% magenta, 36.08% yellow and 45.49% black ink.
| HEX | #8b3d2f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(139,61,47) |
| RGB Percentage | 56%, 25%, 19% |
| CMYK | 0, 30.59, 36.08, 45.49 |
| HSL | hsl(9.13,49.46%,36.47%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(9.13,66.19%,54.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.0452,32.1498,24.625) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.8293,9.0317,3.7564) |