Pink Shadow Color

#bb3377

Pink Shadow 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 #4c8
Complementary Color #3b7
Color Shade: warm magenta (330° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Pink Shadow Color Sample
Pink Shadow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb3377

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Shadow Color. The Cherries Jubilee color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Pickled Pink (#da467d) for more energetic effect. Try Pink Horror as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3b7 is the best complementary color to Pink Shadow. 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 #b37 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #bb33ba and #b33. Thus found on the left and right of #b37 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuchsia Pink and White colors as they work well with Pink Shadow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pink Shadow palette consists of #33babb and #3b3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3b7). Try Pelorous and White colors in combination with #b37, 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 #b37 offers a combination of blue cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pink Shadow. Thus Boston Blue and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pink Shadow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Earls Green, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #b37 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, mid 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 Shadow tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#3b7) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple Heart – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7b3 and #7633bb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb3377 is made of 52% red, 14% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Shadow has a hue angle of 330°, a saturation of 57.14% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb3377 is made of 0% cyan, 53.33% magenta, 26.66% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb3377
RGB Decimal rgb(187,51,119)
RGB Percentage 52%, 14%, 33%
CMYK 0, 53.33, 26.66, 26.67
HSL hsl(330,57.14%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(330,72.73%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.6097,59.1409,-7.0427)
XYZ xyz(25.0071,14.2644,18.888)
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