Raspberry Color

#b00149

Raspberry is deep, 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 #4ffeb6
Complementary Color #00b067
Color Shade: red magenta (335.31° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.71% (better contrasting with white)
Raspberry Color Sample
Raspberry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b00149

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Raspberry Color. The Anger 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 soft alternative called Vampire Bite (#c40233) for more calm effect. Try Pomodoro as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00b067 is the best complementary color to Raspberry. 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 #b00149 complementary color is Jade, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Lipstick are #b000a0 and #b01000. Thus found on the left and right of #b00149 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flirt and Bright Red colors as they work well with Raspberry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Raspberry palette consists of #00a0b0 and #00b010 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00b067). Try Bondi Blue and Malachite colors in combination with #b00149, 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 #b00149 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 Raspberry. Thus Cobalt and Limeade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Raspberry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jade, Pistachio, and Dark Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #b00149 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Raspberry tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#00b067) and two others. The Limeade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary Jade. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #48b000 and #6800b0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b00149 is made of 70% red, 0% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Raspberry has a hue angle of 335.31°, a saturation of 98.87% and a lightness of 34.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b00149 is made of 0% cyan, 68.63% magenta, 40.39% yellow and 30.98% black ink.

HEX #b00149
RGB Decimal rgb(176,1,73)
RGB Percentage 70%, 0%, 29%
CMYK 0, 68.63, 40.39, 30.98
HSL hsl(335.31,98.87%,34.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(335.31,99.43%,69.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.3586,62.9632,11.2177)
XYZ xyz(19.1179,9.7329,7.1743)
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