Candy Coated Color

#ef9faa

Candy Coated 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 #106055
Complementary Color #9fefe4
Color Shade: cool red (351.75° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.04% (better contrasting with white)
Candy Coated Color Sample
Candy Coated Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ef9faa

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Candy Coated Color. The Carnation Bouquet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Amaya (#f2c1cb) for more calm effect. Try Strawberry Cream as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9fefe4 is the best complementary color to Candy Coated. 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 #ef9faa complementary color is Ice Cold, 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 Wewak are #ef9fd1 and #efbc9f. Thus found on the left and right of #ef9faa on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Illusion and Mandys Pink colors as they work well with Candy Coated.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Candy Coated palette consists of #9fd2ef and #9fefbc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9fefe4). Try Cornflower and Magic Mint colors in combination with #ef9faa, 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 #ef9faa 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 Candy Coated. Thus Perano and Madang giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Candy Coated contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ice Cold, Primrose, and Biloba Flower split by 90° on the color wheel. #ef9faa 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. Candy Coated tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#9fefe4) and two others. The Madang is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Perfume – 120° from the complementary Ice Cold. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a9ef9f and #e49fef.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ef9faa is made of 42% red, 28% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Candy Coated has a hue angle of 351.75°, a saturation of 71.43% and a lightness of 78.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ef9faa is made of 0% cyan, 31.38% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 6.27% black ink.

HEX #ef9faa
RGB Decimal rgb(239,159,170)
RGB Percentage 42%, 28%, 30%
CMYK 0, 31.38, 27.06, 6.27
HSL hsl(351.75,71.43%,78.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351.75,33.47%,93.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.5775,31.178,6.5731)
XYZ xyz(55.2504,46.0493,44.0066)
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