Phlox Pink Color

#ce5e9a

Phlox Pink is soft, 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 #31a165
Complementary Color #5ece91
Color Shade: warm magenta (327.86° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.82% (better contrasting with white)
Phlox Pink Color Sample
Phlox Pink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ce5e9a

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Phlox Pink Color. The Magentarama color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lilac Rose (#bd4275) for more calm effect. Try Heirloom Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5ece91 is the best complementary color to Phlox Pink. 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 #ce5e9a complementary color is Emerald, 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 Hopbush are #c95ece and #ce5e62. Thus found on the left and right of #ce5e9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amethyst and Chestnut Rose colors as they work well with Phlox Pink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Phlox Pink palette consists of #5ecec9 and #62ce5e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5ece91). Try Downy and Mantis colors in combination with #ce5e9a, 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 #ce5e9a 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 Phlox Pink. Thus Danube and Celery giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Phlox Pink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Emerald, Tacha, and Indigo split by 90° on the color wheel. #ce5e9a 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. Phlox Pink tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#5ece91) and two others. The Celery is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amethyst – 120° from the complementary Emerald. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9ace5e and #915ece.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ce5e9a is made of 45% red, 21% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Phlox Pink has a hue angle of 327.86°, a saturation of 53.33% and a lightness of 58.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ce5e9a is made of 0% cyan, 43.92% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #ce5e9a
RGB Decimal rgb(206,94,154)
RGB Percentage 45%, 21%, 34%
CMYK 0, 43.92, 20.39, 19.22
HSL hsl(327.86,53.33%,58.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(327.86,54.37%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.5433,50.9896,-11.3174)
XYZ xyz(35.289,23.4603,33.2402)
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