Soft Blush Color

#e3bcbc

Soft Blush is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #1c4343
Complementary Color #bce3e3
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 81.37% (better contrasting with white)
Soft Blush Color Sample
Soft Blush Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e3bcbc

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Blush Color. The Heavenly Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Hyper Light Drifter (#eddbda) for more calm effect. Try Rhapsodic as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bce3e3 is the best complementary color to Soft Blush. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e3bcbc complementary color is Jagged Ice, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cavern Pink are #e3bccf and #e3cfbc. Thus found on the left and right of #e3bcbc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Melanie and Bone colors as they work well with Soft Blush.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Blush palette consists of #bccfe3 and #bce3cf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bce3e3). Try Periwinkle Gray and Fringy Flower colors in combination with #e3bcbc, 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 #e3bcbc 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 Soft Blush. Thus Periwinkle Gray and Moss Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Blush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jagged Ice, Beryl Green, and Prelude split by 90° on the color wheel. #e3bcbc square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Soft Blush tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#bce3e3) and two others. The Moss Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melanie – 120° from the complementary Jagged Ice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bce3bc and #e3bce3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e3bcbc is made of 38% red, 31% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Blush has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 41.05% and a lightness of 81.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e3bcbc is made of 0% cyan, 15.29% magenta, 15.29% yellow and 10.98% black ink.

HEX #e3bcbc
RGB Decimal rgb(227,188,188)
RGB Percentage 38%, 31%, 31%
CMYK 0, 15.29, 15.29, 10.98
HSL hsl(0,41.05%,81.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,17.18%,89.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.5729,13.9393,5.2335)
XYZ xyz(58.7389,55.9282,55.2763)
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