Pink Carnation is calm, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green
Inverse Color | #128561 |
Complementary Color | #79edc8 |
Color Shade: | red magenta (341.22° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 70.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Carnation Color. The Peony color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sweet 60 (#f29eab) for more energetic effect. Try Lick and Kiss as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#79edc8 is the best complementary color to Pink Carnation. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ed7a9e complementary color is Spray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Carissma are #ed79d7 and #ed8f79. Thus found on the left and right of #ed7a9e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lavender Magenta and Apricot colors as they work well with Pink Carnation.
The split-complementary Pink Carnation palette consists of #79d7ed and #79ed8f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#79edc8). Try Spray and Pastel Green colors in combination with #ed7a9e, 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 #ed7a9e offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pink Carnation. Thus Portage and Sulu giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pink Carnation contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spray, Manz, and Portage split by 90° on the color wheel. #ed7a9e square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pink Carnation tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#79edc8) and two others. The Sulu is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender – 120° from the complementary Spray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9eed79 and #c879ed.
In a RGB color space, hex #ed7a9e is made of 46% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Carnation has a hue angle of 341.22°, a saturation of 76.16% and a lightness of 70.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ed7a9e is made of 0% cyan, 45.1% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 7.06% black ink.
HEX | #ed7a9e |
RGB Decimal | rgb(237,122,158) |
RGB Percentage | 46%, 24%, 31% |
CMYK | 0, 45.1, 30.98, 7.06 |
HSL | hsl(341.22,76.16%,70.39%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(341.22,48.52%,92.94%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(65.2727,48.014,1.251) |
XYZ | xyz(48.0561,34.3922,36.4533) |