Comforting Cherry Color

#cc1144

Comforting Cherry is vivid, 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 #3eb
Complementary Color #10cc99
Color Shade: red magenta (343.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Comforting Cherry Color Sample
Comforting Cherry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cc1144

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Comforting Cherry Color. The Mellow Melon color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cerise (#a41247) for more calm effect. Try Ecstatic Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#10cc99 is the best complementary color to Comforting Cherry. 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 #c14 complementary color is Mountain Meadow, 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 White are #cc10a1 and #cc3b10. Thus found on the left and right of #c14 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Violet and Tia Maria colors as they work well with Comforting Cherry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Comforting Cherry palette consists of #10a1cc and #10cc3b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#10cc99). Try Cerulean and Malachite colors in combination with #c14, 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 #c14 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 Comforting Cherry. Thus Denim and Lima giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Comforting Cherry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountain Meadow, Bahia, and Persian Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #c14 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. Comforting Cherry tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#10cc99) and two others. The Lima is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Mountain Meadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #44cc10 and #9810cc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cc1144 is made of 71% red, 6% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Comforting Cherry has a hue angle of 343.64°, a saturation of 84.62% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc1144 is made of 0% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #cc1144
RGB Decimal rgb(204,17,68)
RGB Percentage 71%, 6%, 24%
CMYK 0, 73.33, 53.33, 20
HSL hsl(343.64,84.62%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(343.64,91.67%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.7349,67.7018,23.9279)
XYZ xyz(26.1457,13.6556,6.7266)
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