Pink Peppercorn Color

#8e5565

Pink Peppercorn is pale, 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 #71aa9a
Complementary Color #558d7d
Color Shade: red magenta (343.16° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.51% (better contrasting with white)
Pink Peppercorn Color Sample
Pink Peppercorn Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e5565

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Peppercorn Color. The Stravinsky color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mixed Berry Jam (#6a4652) for more calm effect. Try Tapestry as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#558d7d is the best complementary color to Pink Peppercorn. 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 #8e5565 complementary color is Patina, 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 Au Chico are #8d5581 and #8d6155. Thus found on the left and right of #8e5565 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Strikemaster and Au Chico colors as they work well with Pink Peppercorn.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pink Peppercorn palette consists of #55818d and #558d61 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#558d7d). Try Smalt Blue and Spring Leaves colors in combination with #8e5565, 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 #8e5565 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 Pink Peppercorn. Thus Waikawa Gray and Hippie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pink Peppercorn contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Patina, Asparagus, and Butterfly Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e5565 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. Pink Peppercorn tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#558d7d) and two others. The Hippie Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Patina. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #658d55 and #7d558d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e5565 is made of 43% red, 26% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Peppercorn has a hue angle of 343.16°, a saturation of 25.11% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e5565 is made of 0% cyan, 22.36% magenta, 16.08% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e5565
RGB Decimal rgb(142,85,101)
RGB Percentage 43%, 26%, 31%
CMYK 0, 22.36, 16.08, 44.31
HSL hsl(343.16,25.11%,44.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(343.16,40.14%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.0442,25.8398,0.9167)
XYZ xyz(16.7528,13.1874,13.9744)
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