Queen's Tart Color

#d3bcc5

Queen's Tart 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 #2c433a
Complementary Color #bcd3ca
Color Shade: red magenta (336.52° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.24% (better contrasting with white)
Queen's Tart Color Sample
Queen's Tart Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d3bcc5

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Queen's Tart Color. The Rare White Raven 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 saturated alternative called Whisper of Rose (#cda2ac) for more energetic effect. Try Philanthropist Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bcd3ca is the best complementary color to Queen's Tart. 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 #d3bcc5 complementary color is Jet Stream, 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 Cold Turkey are #d3bcd0 and #d3bebc. Thus found on the left and right of #d3bcc5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Maverick and Cold Turkey colors as they work well with Queen's Tart.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Queen's Tart palette consists of #bcd0d3 and #bcd3be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bcd3ca). Try Jungle Mist and Gum Leaf colors in combination with #d3bcc5, 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 #d3bcc5 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 Queen's Tart. Thus Heather and Pale Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Queen's Tart contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jet Stream, Foggy Gray, and Blue Haze split by 90° on the color wheel. #d3bcc5 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. Queen's Tart tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#bcd3ca) and two others. The Pale Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chatelle – 120° from the complementary Jet Stream. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5d3bc and #cabcd3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d3bcc5 is made of 35% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Queen's Tart has a hue angle of 336.52°, a saturation of 20.72% and a lightness of 78.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d3bcc5 is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 5.5% yellow and 17.25% black ink.

HEX #d3bcc5
RGB Decimal rgb(211,188,197)
RGB Percentage 35%, 32%, 33%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 5.5, 17.25
HSL hsl(336.52,20.72%,78.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(336.52,10.9%,82.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.3722,9.691,-1.5505)
XYZ xyz(54.9252,53.8465,60.3219)
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