Pinch Me Color

#c88ca4

Pinch Me 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 #37735b
Complementary Color #8cc8b0
Color Shade: red magenta (336° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Pinch Me Color Sample
Pinch Me Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c88ca4

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pinch Me Color. The Fading Love color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Silk Ribbon (#c86e8b) for more energetic effect. Try Pink Nectar as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8cc8b0 is the best complementary color to Pinch Me. 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 #c88ca4 complementary color is Shadow Green, 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 Viola are #c88cc2 and #c8928c. Thus found on the left and right of #c88ca4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viola and Oriental Pink colors as they work well with Pinch Me.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pinch Me palette consists of #8cc2c8 and #8cc892 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8cc8b0). Try Half Baked and De York colors in combination with #c88ca4, 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 #c88ca4 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 Pinch Me. Thus Polo Blue and Olivine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pinch Me contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow Green, Pine Glade, and Blue Bell split by 90° on the color wheel. #c88ca4 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. Pinch Me tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#8cc8b0) and two others. The Olivine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and East Side – 120° from the complementary Shadow Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a4c88c and #af8cc8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c88ca4 is made of 40% red, 28% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pinch Me has a hue angle of 336°, a saturation of 35.29% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c88ca4 is made of 0% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 14.12% yellow and 21.57% black ink.

HEX #c88ca4
RGB Decimal rgb(200,140,164)
RGB Percentage 40%, 28%, 33%
CMYK 0, 23.53, 14.12, 21.57
HSL hsl(336,35.29%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(336,30%,78.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.7364,26.3749,-3.472)
XYZ xyz(39.8983,33.7159,39.5269)
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