Cranberry Pie Color

#c27277

Cranberry Pie 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 #3d8d88
Complementary Color #71c2bd
Color Shade: cool red (356.25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.39% (better contrasting with white)
Cranberry Pie Color Sample
Cranberry Pie Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c27277

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cranberry Pie Color. The Garnet Shadow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Shine Baby Shine (#a85e6e) for more calm effect. Try Popstar as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#71c2bd is the best complementary color to Cranberry Pie. 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 #c27277 complementary color is Glacier, 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 Contessa are #c2719e and #c29471. Thus found on the left and right of #c27277 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Puce and Antique Brass colors as they work well with Cranberry Pie.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cranberry Pie palette consists of #719fc2 and #71c295 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#71c2bd). Try Glacier and De York colors in combination with #c27277, 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 #c27277 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 Cranberry Pie. Thus Blue Marguerite and Mantis giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cranberry Pie contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Glacier, Olivine, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #c27277 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. Cranberry Pie tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#71c2bd) and two others. The Mantis is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wisteria – 120° from the complementary Glacier. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #76c271 and #bd71c2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c27277 is made of 45% red, 27% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Cranberry Pie has a hue angle of 356.25°, a saturation of 39.6% and a lightness of 60.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c27277 is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 29.41% yellow and 23.92% black ink.

HEX #c27277
RGB Decimal rgb(194,114,119)
RGB Percentage 45%, 27%, 28%
CMYK 0, 31.37, 29.41, 23.92
HSL hsl(356.25,39.6%,60.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.25,41.24%,76.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.9152,32.0732,10.9354)
XYZ xyz(31.5952,24.8359,20.5813)
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