Pink Icing 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 | #115f59 |
| Complementary Color | #a0eee8 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (355.38° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 78.04% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Icing Color. The Rose Reminder color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called True Love (#e27e8a) for more calm effect. Try Loveable as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a0eee8 is the best complementary color to Pink Icing. 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 #eea0a6 complementary color is Blizzard Blue, 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 Sea Pink are #eea0cc and #eec1a0. Thus found on the left and right of #eea0a6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kobi and Pancho colors as they work well with Pink Icing.
The split-complementary Pink Icing palette consists of #a0ccee and #a0eec1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a0eee8). Try Cornflower and Magic Mint colors in combination with #eea0a6, 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 #eea0a6 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 Pink Icing. Thus Portage and Madang giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pink Icing contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blizzard Blue, Caper, and Biloba Flower split by 90° on the color wheel. #eea0a6 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. Pink Icing tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#a0eee8) and two others. The Madang is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Biloba Flower – 120° from the complementary Blizzard Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a5eea0 and #e8a0ee.
In a RGB color space, hex #eea0a6 is made of 42% red, 28% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Icing has a hue angle of 355.38°, a saturation of 69.64% and a lightness of 78.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eea0a6 is made of 0% cyan, 30.58% magenta, 28.23% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #eea0a6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(238,160,166) |
| RGB Percentage | 42%, 28%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 30.58, 28.23, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(355.38,69.64%,78.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(355.38,32.77%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.5922,29.7589,8.7823) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.7136,46.0719,42.0854) |