Love Scepter Color

#dd8877

Love Scepter is calm, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #278
Complementary Color #77cbdd
Color Shade: mid red (10° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Love Scepter Color Sample
Love Scepter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dd8877

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Love Scepter Color. The Coral Cloud color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Desert Coral (#d16459) for more calm effect. Try Roman as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#77cbdd is the best complementary color to Love Scepter. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d87 complementary color is Viking, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #dd7798 and #db7. Thus found on the left and right of #d87 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Blush and White colors as they work well with Love Scepter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Love Scepter palette consists of #7798dd and #7db colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#77cbdd). Try Danube and White colors in combination with #d87, 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 #d87 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Love Scepter. Thus Medium Purple and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Love Scepter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Viking, Feijoa, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #d87 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Love Scepter tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#77cbdd) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Orchid – 120° from the complementary Viking. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d8 and #dd77cb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dd8877 is made of 46% red, 29% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Love Scepter has a hue angle of 10°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dd8877 is made of 0% cyan, 33.34% magenta, 40% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #dd8877
RGB Decimal rgb(221,136,119)
RGB Percentage 46%, 29%, 25%
CMYK 0, 33.34, 40, 13.33
HSL hsl(10,60%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(10,46.15%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.2098,30.653,22.8989)
XYZ xyz(41.9527,34.3124,21.8646)
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