Cranberry Sauce is soft, 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 | #5ac8a9 |
| Complementary Color | #37a585 |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (343.09° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 43.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Cranberry Sauce Color. The Paper Hearts color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Calypso Berry (#c53a4b) for more energetic effect. Try Cockscomb Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#37a585 is the best complementary color to Cranberry Sauce. 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 #a53756 complementary color is Ocean Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Night Shadz are #a5378c and #a54e37. Thus found on the left and right of #a53756 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Royal Heath and Brown Rust colors as they work well with Cranberry Sauce.
The split-complementary Cranberry Sauce palette consists of #378da5 and #37a54e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#37a585). Try Boston Blue and Chateau Green colors in combination with #a53756, 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 #a53756 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 Cranberry Sauce. Thus Azure and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cranberry Sauce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ocean Green, Sushi, and Gigas split by 90° on the color wheel. #a53756 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cranberry Sauce tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#37a585) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vivid Violet – 120° from the complementary Ocean Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #56a537 and #8537a5.
In a RGB color space, hex #a53756 is made of 54% red, 18% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Cranberry Sauce has a hue angle of 343.09°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a53756 is made of 0% cyan, 43.14% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 35.29% black ink.
| HEX | #a53756 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(165,55,86) |
| RGB Percentage | 54%, 18%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 43.14, 30.98, 35.29 |
| HSL | hsl(343.09,50%,43.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(343.09,66.67%,64.71%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(40.2521,47.6287,6.6704) |
| XYZ | xyz(18.563,11.4036,10.0268) |