Puppy Love is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #1d4540 |
| Complementary Color | #bae2dd |
| Color Shade: | cool red (352.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 80.78% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Puppy Love Color. The Sweet Bianca color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Parrot Pink (#d998a0) for more energetic effect. Try Glow Pink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#bae2dd is the best complementary color to Puppy Love. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e2babf complementary color is Jagged Ice, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cavern Pink are #e2bad3 and #e2c9ba. Thus found on the left and right of #e2babf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Melanie and Bone colors as they work well with Puppy Love.
The split-complementary Puppy Love palette consists of #bad3e2 and #bae2c9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bae2dd). Try Ziggurat and Fringy Flower colors in combination with #e2babf, 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 #e2babf offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Puppy Love. Thus Periwinkle Gray and Moss Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Puppy Love contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jagged Ice, Beryl Green, and Prelude split by 90° on the color wheel. #e2babf square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Puppy Love tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#bae2dd) and two others. The Moss Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Prelude – 120° from the complementary Jagged Ice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bfe2ba and #dcbae2.
In a RGB color space, hex #e2babf is made of 37% red, 31% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Puppy Love has a hue angle of 352.5°, a saturation of 40.82% and a lightness of 80.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e2babf is made of 0% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 13.73% yellow and 11.37% black ink.
| HEX | #e2babf |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(226,186,191) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 31%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 15.69, 13.73, 11.37 |
| HSL | hsl(352.5,40.82%,80.78%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(352.5,17.7%,88.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.069,15.1134,2.8729) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3269,55.0482,56.8414) |