Cherry Wine Color

#b04556

Cherry Wine is soft, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #4fbaa9
Complementary Color #45af9f
Color Shade: cool red (350.47° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.04% (better contrasting with white)
Cherry Wine Color Sample
Cherry Wine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b04556

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cherry Wine Color. The Cranberry Tart color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ripe Currant (#8a3c3e) for more calm effect. Try Cherry Cobbler as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#45af9f is the best complementary color to Cherry Wine. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b04556 complementary color is Keppel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Hippie Pink are #af458b and #af6945. Thus found on the left and right of #b04556 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rouge and Cape Palliser colors as they work well with Cherry Wine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cherry Wine palette consists of #458baf and #45af69 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#45af9f). Try Steel Blue and Chateau Green colors in combination with #b04556, 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 #b04556 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 Cherry Wine. Thus San Marino and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cherry Wine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Keppel, Sushi, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #b04556 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm 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. Cherry Wine tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#45af9f) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vivid Violet – 120° from the complementary Keppel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #55af45 and #9f45af.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b04556 is made of 53% red, 21% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Cherry Wine has a hue angle of 350.47°, a saturation of 43.67% and a lightness of 48.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b04556 is made of 0% cyan, 41.96% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 30.98% black ink.

HEX #b04556
RGB Decimal rgb(176,69,86)
RGB Percentage 53%, 21%, 26%
CMYK 0, 41.96, 35.29, 30.98
HSL hsl(350.47,43.67%,48.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(350.47,60.8%,69.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.459,45.052,12.8387)
XYZ xyz(21.7123,14.1582,10.3925)
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