Old Heart Color

#e66a77

Old Heart is soft, 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 #199588
Complementary Color #69e6d9
Color Shade: cool red (353.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 65.88% (better contrasting with white)
Old Heart Color Sample
Old Heart Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e66a77

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Old Heart Color. The Thimbleberry color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Desire (#ea3c53) for more energetic effect. Try Celestial Coral as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#69e6d9 is the best complementary color to Old Heart. 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 #e66a77 complementary color is Turquoise Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sunglo are #e669b4 and #e69a69. Thus found on the left and right of #e66a77 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Blush and Apricot colors as they work well with Old Heart.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Old Heart palette consists of #69b5e6 and #69e69a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#69e6d9). Try Seagull and Pastel Green colors in combination with #e66a77, 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 #e66a77 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 Old Heart. Thus Cornflower Blue and Pastel Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Old Heart contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turquoise Blue, Yellow Green, and Medium Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #e66a77 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, 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. Old Heart tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#69e6d9) and two others. The Pastel Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender – 120° from the complementary Turquoise Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #76e669 and #d969e6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e66a77 is made of 51% red, 23% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Old Heart has a hue angle of 353.71°, a saturation of 71.26% and a lightness of 65.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e66a77 is made of 0% cyan, 48.63% magenta, 43.53% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e66a77
RGB Decimal rgb(230,106,119)
RGB Percentage 51%, 23%, 26%
CMYK 0, 48.63, 43.53, 9.8
HSL hsl(353.71,71.26%,65.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(353.71,53.91%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.3047,49.2503,16.4121)
XYZ xyz(41.1169,28.463,20.7796)
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