Lickedy Lick Color

#b4496c

Lickedy Lick 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 #4bb693
Complementary Color #49b491
Color Shade: red magenta (340.37° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Lickedy Lick Color Sample
Lickedy Lick Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b4496c

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Lickedy Lick Color. The Cherry Fruit color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Liaison (#8c3f52) for more calm effect. Try Redcurrant as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#49b491 is the best complementary color to Lickedy Lick. 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 #b4496c complementary color is Ocean Green, 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 Blush are #b449a1 and #b45b49. Thus found on the left and right of #b4496c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuchsia Pink and Chestnut colors as they work well with Lickedy Lick.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lickedy Lick palette consists of #49a1b4 and #49b45b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#49b491). Try Hippie Blue and Chateau Green colors in combination with #b4496c, 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 #b4496c 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 Lickedy Lick. Thus San Marino and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lickedy Lick contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ocean Green, Olive Green, and Blue Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b4496c 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. Lickedy Lick tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#49b491) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Studio – 120° from the complementary Ocean Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6bb449 and #9149b4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b4496c is made of 50% red, 20% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Lickedy Lick has a hue angle of 340.37°, a saturation of 42.29% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b4496c is made of 0% cyan, 41.96% magenta, 28.24% yellow and 29.41% black ink.

HEX #b4496c
RGB Decimal rgb(180,73,108)
RGB Percentage 50%, 20%, 30%
CMYK 0, 41.96, 28.24, 29.41
HSL hsl(340.37,42.29%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(340.37,59.44%,70.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.3799,46.7624,2.1687)
XYZ xyz(23.9117,15.5511,15.9287)
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