Flaming Flamingo Color

#dd55ff

Flaming Flamingo is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #2a0
Complementary Color #77fe55
Color Shade: cool magenta (288° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Flaming Flamingo Color Sample
Flaming Flamingo Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dd55ff

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Flaming Flamingo Color. The Ultra Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Flamingo Queen (#cc33ff) for more calm effect. Try Frijid Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#77fe55 is the best complementary color to Flaming Flamingo. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d5f complementary color is Screamin' Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #8855fe and #fe55cb. Thus found on the left and right of #d5f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heliotrope and Hot Pink colors as they work well with Flaming Flamingo.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flaming Flamingo palette consists of #55fe88 and #cbfe55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#77fe55). Try Screamin' Green and Canary colors in combination with #d5f, 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 #d5f offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Flaming Flamingo. Thus Aquamarine and Mustard giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flaming Flamingo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Screamin' Green, Coral, and Malibu split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5f square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan 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. Flaming Flamingo tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#77fe55) and two others. The Mustard is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dodger Blue – 120° from the complementary Screamin' Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fedc55 and #5577fe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dd55ff is made of 39% red, 15% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Flaming Flamingo has a hue angle of 288°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dd55ff is made of 13.33% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #dd55ff
RGB Decimal rgb(221,85,255)
RGB Percentage 39%, 15%, 45%
CMYK 13.33, 66.67, 0, 0
HSL hsl(288,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(288,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.8602,75.3176,-60.2734)
XYZ xyz(51.1173,29.0892,97.5283)
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