Cold Pink Color

#bca5ad

Cold Pink is pale, 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 #435a52
Complementary Color #a4bcb4
Color Shade: red magenta (339.13° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.22% (better contrasting with white)
Cold Pink Color Sample
Cold Pink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bca5ad

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Cold Pink Color. The Wallis color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Reserve (#ac8a98) for more energetic effect. Try Easter Rabbit as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a4bcb4 is the best complementary color to Cold Pink. 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 #bca5ad complementary color is Tower Gray, 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 Pink Swan are #bca4b8 and #bca8a4. Thus found on the left and right of #bca5ad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lily and Silk colors as they work well with Cold Pink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cold Pink palette consists of #a4b8bc and #a4bca8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a4bcb4). Try Tower Gray and Norway colors in combination with #bca5ad, 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 #bca5ad 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 Cold Pink. Thus Cadet Blue and Norway giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cold Pink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tower Gray, Eagle, and Amethyst Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #bca5ad 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. Cold Pink tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#a4bcb4) and two others. The Norway is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and London Hue – 120° from the complementary Tower Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #acbca4 and #b4a4bc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bca5ad is made of 36% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Cold Pink has a hue angle of 339.13°, a saturation of 14.65% and a lightness of 69.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bca5ad is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 5.89% yellow and 26.27% black ink.

HEX #bca5ad
RGB Decimal rgb(188,165,173)
RGB Percentage 36%, 31%, 33%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 5.89, 26.27
HSL hsl(339.13,14.65%,69.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(339.13,12.23%,73.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.908,9.7484,-1.0516)
XYZ xyz(41.737,40.6188,45.1756)
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