Pink Dazzle Color

#c97376

Pink Dazzle 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 #368c89
Complementary Color #73c8c6
Color Shade: cool red (357.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.96% (better contrasting with white)
Pink Dazzle Color Sample
Pink Dazzle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c97376

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Dazzle Color. The Baroque Rose color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Hot Flamingo (#b35966) for more calm effect. Try Slate Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#73c8c6 is the best complementary color to Pink Dazzle. 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 #c97376 complementary color is Monte Carlo, 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 #c873a0 and #c89b73. Thus found on the left and right of #c97376 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hopbush and Antique Brass colors as they work well with Pink Dazzle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pink Dazzle palette consists of #73a0c8 and #73c89b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#73c8c6). Try Glacier and De York colors in combination with #c97376, 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 #c97376 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 Dazzle. Thus Blue Marguerite and Mantis giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pink Dazzle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Monte Carlo, Wild Willow, and Amethyst split by 90° on the color wheel. #c97376 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. Pink Dazzle tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#73c8c6) and two others. The Mantis is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amethyst – 120° from the complementary Monte Carlo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #75c873 and #c673c8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c97376 is made of 46% red, 26% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Dazzle has a hue angle of 357.91°, a saturation of 44.33% and a lightness of 61.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c97376 is made of 0% cyan, 33.72% magenta, 32.55% yellow and 21.18% black ink.

HEX #c97376
RGB Decimal rgb(201,115,118)
RGB Percentage 46%, 26%, 27%
CMYK 0, 33.72, 32.55, 21.18
HSL hsl(357.91,44.33%,61.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(357.91,42.79%,78.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.0247,34.074,13.2042)
XYZ xyz(33.4881,25.987,20.3905)
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