Sweet Lychee Color

#9b4040

Sweet Lychee is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #64bfbf
Complementary Color #409a9b
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.94% (better contrasting with white)
Sweet Lychee Color Sample
Sweet Lychee Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9b4040

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Lychee Color. The Sunset 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 saturated alternative called Crail (#b95140) for more energetic effect. Try Dried Tomatoes as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#409a9b is the best complementary color to Sweet Lychee. 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 #9b4040 complementary color is Keppel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tosca are #9b406d and #9b6d40. Thus found on the left and right of #9b4040 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vin Rouge and Cape Palliser colors as they work well with Sweet Lychee.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Lychee palette consists of #406d9b and #409b6d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#409a9b). Try San Marino and Ocean Green colors in combination with #9b4040, 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 #9b4040 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 Sweet Lychee. Thus Gigas and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Lychee contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Keppel, Apple, and Royal Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #9b4040 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid 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. Sweet Lychee tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#409a9b) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plum – 120° from the complementary Keppel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #409b40 and #9b409a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9b4040 is made of 55% red, 23% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Lychee has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 41.55% and a lightness of 42.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9b4040 is made of 0% cyan, 35.68% magenta, 35.68% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #9b4040
RGB Decimal rgb(155,64,64)
RGB Percentage 55%, 23%, 23%
CMYK 0, 35.68, 35.68, 39.22
HSL hsl(0,41.55%,42.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,58.71%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.5898,38.0467,19.2459)
XYZ xyz(16.2764,11.0055,6.1169)
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