Rita's Rouge Color

#ba7176

Rita's Rouge is calm, 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 #458e89
Complementary Color #70bab5
Color Shade: cool red (355.89° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.63% (better contrasting with white)
Rita's Rouge Color Sample
Rita's Rouge Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ba7176

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rita's Rouge Color. The Grenadine color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Garnet Shadow (#c89095) for more calm effect. Try Salsa Diane as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#70bab5 is the best complementary color to Rita's Rouge. 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 #ba7176 complementary color is Neptune, 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 Turkish Rose are #ba709a and #ba9070. Thus found on the left and right of #ba7176 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Turkish Rose and Teak colors as they work well with Rita's Rouge.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rita's Rouge palette consists of #709aba and #70ba90 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#70bab5). Try Ship Cove and Silver Tree colors in combination with #ba7176, 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 #ba7176 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 Rita's Rouge. Thus Ship Cove and Fern giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rita's Rouge contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Neptune, Olivine, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #ba7176 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. Rita's Rouge tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#70bab5) and two others. The Fern is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wisteria – 120° from the complementary Neptune. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #75ba70 and #b470ba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ba7176 is made of 45% red, 27% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Rita's Rouge has a hue angle of 355.89°, a saturation of 34.6% and a lightness of 58.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ba7176 is made of 0% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #ba7176
RGB Decimal rgb(186,113,118)
RGB Percentage 45%, 27%, 28%
CMYK 0, 28.63, 26.67, 27.06
HSL hsl(355.89,34.6%,58.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(355.89,39.25%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.6419,29.4417,9.5745)
XYZ xyz(29.4248,23.5574,20.1357)
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