Pink Ballad Color

#a6427c

Pink Ballad is soft, 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 #59bd83
Complementary Color #42a66c
Color Shade: warm magenta (325.2° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.49% (better contrasting with white)
Pink Ballad Color Sample
Pink Ballad Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a6427c

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Ballad Color. The Berry Patch color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Spruce Tree Flower (#b35e97) for more calm effect. Try Pleasure as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#42a66c is the best complementary color to Pink Ballad. 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 #a6427c complementary color is Chateau Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Rouge are #9e42a6 and #a6424a. Thus found on the left and right of #a6427c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vivid Violet and Apple Blossom colors as they work well with Pink Ballad.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pink Ballad palette consists of #42a69e and #4aa642 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#42a66c). Try Keppel and Apple colors in combination with #a6427c, 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 #a6427c 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 Pink Ballad. Thus Steel Blue and Sushi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pink Ballad contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chateau Green, Sycamore, and Gigas split by 90° on the color wheel. #a6427c square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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 Ballad tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#42a66c) and two others. The Sushi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Purple – 120° from the complementary Chateau Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7ca642 and #6b42a6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a6427c is made of 47% red, 19% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Ballad has a hue angle of 325.2°, a saturation of 43.1% and a lightness of 45.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a6427c is made of 0% cyan, 39.22% magenta, 16.47% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #a6427c
RGB Decimal rgb(166,66,124)
RGB Percentage 47%, 19%, 35%
CMYK 0, 39.22, 16.47, 34.9
HSL hsl(325.2,43.1%,45.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(325.2,60.24%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.4464,47.5276,-12.2159)
XYZ xyz(21.3122,13.4587,20.5433)
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