Peach Buff Color

#cc99bb

Peach Buff is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #364
Complementary Color #98ccaa
Color Shade: warm magenta (320° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70% (better contrasting with white)
Peach Buff Color Sample
Peach Buff Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cc99bb

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Peach Buff Color. The Strawberry Freeze color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sunday Gloves (#d7bad1) for more calm effect. Try Lavender Veil as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#98ccaa is the best complementary color to Peach Buff. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c9b complementary color is Shadow Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #c398cc and #cc98a1. Thus found on the left and right of #c9b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching East Side and Careys Pink colors as they work well with Peach Buff.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Peach Buff palette consists of #98ccc3 and #a1cc98 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#98ccaa). Try Sinbad and Sprout colors in combination with #c9b, 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 #c9b offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Peach Buff. Thus Rock Blue and Pine Glade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Peach Buff contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow Green, Yuma, and Blue Bell split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9b square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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. Peach Buff tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#98ccaa) and two others. The Pine Glade 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 #bbcc98 and #aa98cc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cc99bb is made of 38% red, 28% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Peach Buff has a hue angle of 320°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 70%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc99bb is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #cc99bb
RGB Decimal rgb(204,153,187)
RGB Percentage 38%, 28%, 34%
CMYK 0, 20, 6.67, 20
HSL hsl(320,33.33%,70%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(320,25%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.9014,24.5003,-10.1451)
XYZ xyz(45.2627,39.2077,52.1959)
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