Lusty Lips Color

#d5174e

Lusty Lips 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 #2ae8b1
Complementary Color #17d59d
Color Shade: red magenta (342.63° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.27% (better contrasting with white)
Lusty Lips Color Sample
Lusty Lips Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d5174e

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Lusty Lips Color. The Melancholic Macaw color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Christmas Red (#b01b2e) for more calm effect. Try Super Rose Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#17d59d is the best complementary color to Lusty Lips. 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 #d5174e 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 Crimson are #d517ad and #d53e17. Thus found on the left and right of #d5174e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Violet and Thunderbird colors as they work well with Lusty Lips.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lusty Lips palette consists of #17add5 and #17d53e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#17d59d). Try Java and Malachite colors in combination with #d5174e, 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 #d5174e 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 Lusty Lips. Thus Denim and Lima giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lusty Lips contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountain Meadow, Inch Worm, and Persian Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5174e 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. Lusty Lips tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#17d59d) 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 #4ed517 and #9d17d5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d5174e is made of 68% red, 7% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Lusty Lips has a hue angle of 342.63°, a saturation of 80.51% and a lightness of 46.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d5174e is made of 0% cyan, 74.51% magenta, 52.94% yellow and 16.47% black ink.

HEX #d5174e
RGB Decimal rgb(213,23,78)
RGB Percentage 68%, 7%, 25%
CMYK 0, 74.51, 52.94, 16.47
HSL hsl(342.63,80.51%,46.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(342.63,89.2%,83.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.0545,69.6024,21.0874)
XYZ xyz(29.1221,15.309,8.6278)
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