Pochard Duck Head Color

#ee9977

Pochard Duck Head is calm, 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 #168
Complementary Color #76ccee
Color Shade: warm red (17.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70% (better contrasting with white)
Pochard Duck Head Color Sample
Pochard Duck Head Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ee9977

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pochard Duck Head Color. The Jovial 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 Rusty Sand (#edb384) for more calm effect. Try Certain Peach as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#76ccee is the best complementary color to Pochard Duck Head. 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 #e97 complementary color is Sky Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #ee7690 and #eed476. Thus found on the left and right of #e97 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Froly and Golden Sand colors as they work well with Pochard Duck Head.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pochard Duck Head palette consists of #7690ee and #76eed4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#76ccee). Try Cornflower Blue and Spray colors in combination with #e97, 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 #e97 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 Pochard Duck Head. Thus Portage and Pastel Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pochard Duck Head contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sky Blue, Sulu, and Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #e97 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Pochard Duck Head tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#76ccee) and two others. The Pastel Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender Magenta – 120° from the complementary Sky Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #76ee98 and #ee76cc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ee9977 is made of 47% red, 30% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Pochard Duck Head has a hue angle of 17.14°, a saturation of 77.78% and a lightness of 70%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ee9977 is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 46.66% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #ee9977
RGB Decimal rgb(238,153,119)
RGB Percentage 47%, 30%, 23%
CMYK 0, 33.33, 46.66, 6.67
HSL hsl(17.14,77.78%,70%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(17.14,50%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(71.0714,28.268,31.0438)
XYZ xyz(49.9809,42.2915,22.9816)
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