High Maintenance is calm, 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 | #27734a |
| Complementary Color | #8cd7af |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (327.63° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 69.8% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to High Maintenance Color. The Little Princess color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Fudgesicle (#d46bac) for more energetic effect. Try Super Pink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8cd7af is the best complementary color to High Maintenance. 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 #d88cb5 complementary color is Vista Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Can Can are #d58cd7 and #d78c8e. Thus found on the left and right of #d88cb5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Light Wisteria and My Pink colors as they work well with High Maintenance.
The split-complementary High Maintenance palette consists of #8cd7d4 and #8ed78c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8cd7af). Try Monte Carlo and Feijoa colors in combination with #d88cb5, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #d88cb5 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 High Maintenance. Thus Polo Blue and Feijoa giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of High Maintenance contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vista Blue, Deco, and Chetwode Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #d88cb5 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. High Maintenance tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#8cd7af) and two others. The Feijoa is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cold Purple – 120° from the complementary Vista Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b4d78c and #ae8cd7.
In a RGB color space, hex #d88cb5 is made of 40% red, 26% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode High Maintenance has a hue angle of 327.63°, a saturation of 49.35% and a lightness of 69.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d88cb5 is made of 0% cyan, 29.81% magenta, 13.73% yellow and 15.29% black ink.
| HEX | #d88cb5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(216,140,181) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 26%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 29.81, 13.73, 15.29 |
| HSL | hsl(327.63,49.35%,69.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(327.63,35.19%,84.71%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.0448,34.7184,-9.4262) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0375,36.6913,48.3717) |