Pink Poppy is pale, 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 | #71918b |
| Complementary Color | #6e8e88 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (348.75° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.41% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Poppy Color. The Fig Fruit Mauve color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Rocket Metallic (#8a7f80) for more calm effect. Try Purple Dove as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6e8e88 is the best complementary color to Pink Poppy. 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 #8e6e74 complementary color is Juniper, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Opium are #8e6e84 and #8e786e. Thus found on the left and right of #8e6e74 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountbatten Pink and Almond Frost colors as they work well with Pink Poppy.
The split-complementary Pink Poppy palette consists of #6e838e and #6e8e78 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e8e88). Try Slate Gray and Viridian Green colors in combination with #8e6e74, 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 #8e6e74 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 Pink Poppy. Thus Storm Gray and Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pink Poppy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Battleship Gray, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e6e74 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pink Poppy tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#6e8e88) and two others. The Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rum – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #748e6e and #886e8e.
In a RGB color space, hex #8e6e74 is made of 39% red, 30% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Poppy has a hue angle of 348.75°, a saturation of 12.7% and a lightness of 49.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e6e74 is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 10.2% yellow and 44.31% black ink.
| HEX | #8e6e74 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(142,110,116) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 30%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.55, 10.2, 44.31 |
| HSL | hsl(348.75,12.7%,49.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(348.75,22.54%,55.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(49.6939,13.6538,1.5407) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.8836,18.1636,18.9809) |