Pickled Pork is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #245 |
| Complementary Color | #a9cbdd |
| Color Shade: | warm red (20° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 76.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pickled Pork Color. The Warmstone color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Siesta Tan (#e9d8c8) for more calm effect. Try Malted Milk as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a9cbdd is the best complementary color to Pickled Pork. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dba complementary color is Aqua Island, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #dda9b2 and #ddd4a9. Thus found on the left and right of #dba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blossom and Sapling colors as they work well with Pickled Pork.
The split-complementary Pickled Pork palette consists of #a9b2dd and #a9ddd4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a9cbdd). Try Cold Purple and Aqua Island colors in combination with #dba, 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 #dba offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pickled Pork. Thus Cold Purple and Fringy Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pickled Pork contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aqua Island, Moss Green, and Light Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #dba square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pickled Pork tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#a9cbdd) and two others. The Fringy Flower is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melanie – 120° from the complementary Aqua Island. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a9ddbb and #dda9cb.
In a RGB color space, hex #ddbbaa is made of 38% red, 32% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Pickled Pork has a hue angle of 20°, a saturation of 42.86% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ddbbaa is made of 0% cyan, 13.34% magenta, 20% yellow and 13.33% black ink.
| HEX | #ddbbaa |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(221,187,170) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 32%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 13.34, 20, 13.33 |
| HSL | hsl(20,42.86%,76.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(20,23.08%,86.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.3538,9.5669,13.1245) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8448,53.8151,45.5269) |