Pink Swan Color

#beb5b7

Pink Swan is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, mid blue or warm green

Inverse Color #414a48
Complementary Color #b5bebc
Color Shade: cool red (346.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.75% (better contrasting with white)
Pink Swan Color Sample
Pink Swan Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #beb5b7

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Swan Color. The Roaring Twenties color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sahara Dust (#a8989b) for more energetic effect. Try Pincushion as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b5bebc is the best complementary color to Pink Swan. 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 #beb5b7 complementary color is Powder Ash, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pink Swan are #beb5bb and #beb7b5. Thus found on the left and right of #beb5b7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pale Slate and Nobel colors as they work well with Pink Swan.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pink Swan palette consists of #b5bbbe and #b5beb7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b5bebc). Try Silver Sand and Pumice colors in combination with #beb5b7, 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 #beb5b7 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 Pink Swan. Thus Bombay and Green Spring giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pink Swan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Powder Ash, Green Spring, and French Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #beb5b7 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm 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. Pink Swan tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#b5bebc) and two others. The Green Spring is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chatelle – 120° from the complementary Powder Ash. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b7beb5 and #bcb5be.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #beb5b7 is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Swan has a hue angle of 346.67°, a saturation of 6.47% and a lightness of 72.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #beb5b7 is made of 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 2.75% yellow and 25.49% black ink.

HEX #beb5b7
RGB Decimal rgb(190,181,183)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 3.53, 2.75, 25.49
HSL hsl(346.67,6.47%,72.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(346.67,4.74%,74.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.4537,3.5463,0.1155)
XYZ xyz(46.3063,47.4138,51.5109)
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