Precious Peony 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 | #42bfb7 |
| Complementary Color | #40bdb4 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (356.16° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Precious Peony Color. The Tropical Smoothie color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Imayou Pink (#d0576b) for more energetic effect. Try Banana Blossom as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#40bdb4 is the best complementary color to Precious Peony. 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 #bd4048 complementary color is Puerto Rico, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Crail are #bd4086 and #bd7640. Thus found on the left and right of #bd4048 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulberry and Copper colors as they work well with Precious Peony.
The split-complementary Precious Peony palette consists of #4086bd and #40bd76 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#40bdb4). Try Boston Blue and Ocean Green colors in combination with #bd4048, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #bd4048 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 Precious Peony. Thus Indigo and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Precious Peony contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Puerto Rico, Sushi, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #bd4048 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Precious Peony tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#40bdb4) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amethyst – 120° from the complementary Puerto Rico. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #48bd40 and #b440bd.
In a RGB color space, hex #bd4048 is made of 58% red, 20% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Precious Peony has a hue angle of 356.16°, a saturation of 49.41% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bd4048 is made of 0% cyan, 49.02% magenta, 45.88% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
| HEX | #bd4048 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(189,64,72) |
| RGB Percentage | 58%, 20%, 22% |
| CMYK | 0, 49.02, 45.88, 25.88 |
| HSL | hsl(356.16,49.41%,49.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(356.16,66.14%,74.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(45.5704,50.593,23.2606) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.9894,14.9535,7.7528) |