Strong Cerise is deep, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #69ffa9 |
| Complementary Color | #009640 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (325.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 29.41% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Strong Cerise Color. The Purplish Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Raspberry (#b00149) for more calm effect. Try Spanish Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#009640 is the best complementary color to Strong Cerise. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #960056 complementary color is Green Haze, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Fresh Eggplant are #8a0096 and #96000a. Thus found on the left and right of #960056 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple and Sangria colors as they work well with Strong Cerise.
The split-complementary Strong Cerise palette consists of #00968b and #0a9600 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#009640). Try Persian Green and Japanese Laurel colors in combination with #960056, 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 #960056 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Strong Cerise. Thus Bahama Blue and Limeade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Strong Cerise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Haze, Olive, and Navy Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #960056 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Strong Cerise tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#009640) and two others. The Limeade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pigment Indigo – 120° from the complementary Green Haze. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #559600 and #400096.
In a RGB color space, hex #960056 is made of 64% red, 0% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Strong Cerise has a hue angle of 325.6°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 29.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #960056 is made of 0% cyan, 58.82% magenta, 25.09% yellow and 41.18% black ink.
| HEX | #960056 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(150,0,86) |
| RGB Percentage | 64%, 0%, 36% |
| CMYK | 0, 58.82, 25.09, 41.18 |
| HSL | hsl(325.6,100%,29.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(325.6,100%,58.82%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.1593,58.0838,-5.4662) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.2574,7.1559,9.4339) |