Pale Primrose Color

#eec8d3

Pale Primrose is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #11372c
Complementary Color #c8eee3
Color Shade: red magenta (342.63° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 85.88% (better contrasting with black)
Pale Primrose Color Sample
Pale Primrose Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eec8d3

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Primrose Color. The Be Mine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Iced Vovo (#e1a4b2) for more calm effect. Try Love at First Sight as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c8eee3 is the best complementary color to Pale Primrose. 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 #eec8d3 complementary color is Iceberg, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Vanilla Ice are #eec8e5 and #eed0c8. Thus found on the left and right of #eec8d3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vanilla Ice and Almond colors as they work well with Pale Primrose.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Primrose palette consists of #c8e6ee and #c8eed0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c8eee3). Try Powder Blue and Padua colors in combination with #eec8d3, 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 #eec8d3 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 Pale Primrose. Thus Spindle and Tea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Primrose contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Iceberg, Chrome White, and Prelude split by 90° on the color wheel. #eec8d3 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Pale Primrose tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#c8eee3) and two others. The Tea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and French Lilac – 120° from the complementary Iceberg. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d3eec8 and #e3c8ee.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eec8d3 is made of 37% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Primrose has a hue angle of 342.63°, a saturation of 52.78% and a lightness of 85.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eec8d3 is made of 0% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 10.58% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eec8d3
RGB Decimal rgb(238,200,211)
RGB Percentage 37%, 31%, 33%
CMYK 0, 14.9, 10.58, 6.67
HSL hsl(342.63,52.78%,85.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(342.63,15.97%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.064,15.1611,-0.4598)
XYZ xyz(67.672,64.1888,70.451)
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