Fake Crush Color

#c88088

Fake Crush is pale, 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 #377f77
Complementary Color #80c7c0
Color Shade: cool red (353.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.31% (better contrasting with white)
Fake Crush Color Sample
Fake Crush Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c88088

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Fake Crush Color. The Careys Pink 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 saturated alternative called Cherry Pink (#c7607b) for more energetic effect. Try Pink Ice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#80c7c0 is the best complementary color to Fake Crush. 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 #c88088 complementary color is Half Baked, 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 Puce are #c780ab and #c79c80. Thus found on the left and right of #c88088 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viola and Tan colors as they work well with Fake Crush.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fake Crush palette consists of #80abc7 and #80c79c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#80c7c0). Try Glacier and De York colors in combination with #c88088, 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 #c88088 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 Fake Crush. Thus Ship Cove and De York giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fake Crush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Half Baked, Olivine, and East Side split by 90° on the color wheel. #c88088 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. Fake Crush tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#80c7c0) and two others. The De York is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and East Side – 120° from the complementary Half Baked. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #87c780 and #bf80c7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c88088 is made of 43% red, 28% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Fake Crush has a hue angle of 353.33°, a saturation of 39.56% and a lightness of 64.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c88088 is made of 0% cyan, 28.23% magenta, 25.1% yellow and 21.57% black ink.

HEX #c88088
RGB Decimal rgb(200,128,136)
RGB Percentage 43%, 28%, 29%
CMYK 0, 28.23, 25.1, 21.57
HSL hsl(353.33,39.56%,64.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(353.33,36%,78.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.2163,28.8762,7.3426)
XYZ xyz(35.9825,29.4953,27.0892)
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