Raspberry Fool Color

#8e3643

Raspberry Fool is soft, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #71c9bc
Complementary Color #368e81
Color Shade: cool red (351.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.43% (better contrasting with white)
Raspberry Fool Color Sample
Raspberry Fool Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e3643

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Raspberry Fool Color. The Cherry Berry color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Siren (#69293b) for more calm effect. Try Pomegranate Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#368e81 is the best complementary color to Raspberry Fool. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e3643 complementary color is Paradiso, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Solid Pink are #8e366e and #8e5536. Thus found on the left and right of #8e3643 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Plum and Potters Clay colors as they work well with Raspberry Fool.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Raspberry Fool palette consists of #366e8e and #368e55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#368e81). Try Calypso and Sea Green colors in combination with #8e3643, 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 #8e3643 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Raspberry Fool. Thus Chambray and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Raspberry Fool contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Paradiso, Sycamore, and Gigas split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e3643 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm 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. Raspberry Fool tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#368e81) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vivid Violet – 120° from the complementary Paradiso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #428e36 and #81368e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e3643 is made of 54% red, 21% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Raspberry Fool has a hue angle of 351.14°, a saturation of 44.9% and a lightness of 38.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e3643 is made of 0% cyan, 34.51% magenta, 29.42% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e3643
RGB Decimal rgb(142,54,67)
RGB Percentage 54%, 21%, 25%
CMYK 0, 34.51, 29.42, 44.31
HSL hsl(351.14,44.9%,38.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351.14,61.97%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.5853,38.4463,11.598)
XYZ xyz(13.4876,8.7944,6.2968)
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