Sugar High Color

#efc9ec

Sugar High is pale, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow

Inverse Color #103613
Complementary Color #c9efcc
Color Shade: mid magenta (304.74° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 86.27% (better contrasting with black)
Sugar High Color Sample
Sugar High Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #efc9ec

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Sugar High Color. The Purple's Baby Sister color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Lovecloud (#eebbee) for more energetic effect. Try Infatuation as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c9efcc is the best complementary color to Sugar High. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #efc9ec complementary color is Tea Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Vanilla Ice are #dec9ef and #efc9d9. Thus found on the left and right of #efc9ec on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching French Lilac and Vanilla Ice colors as they work well with Sugar High.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sugar High palette consists of #c9efdf and #d9efc9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9efcc). Try Iceberg and Tea Green colors in combination with #efc9ec, 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 #efc9ec offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sugar High. Thus Iceberg and Tahuna Sands giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sugar High contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tea Green, Almond, and Spindle split by 90° on the color wheel. #efc9ec square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan 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. Sugar High tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#c9efcc) and two others. The Tahuna Sands is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Link Water – 120° from the complementary Tea Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ecefc9 and #ccc9ef.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #efc9ec is made of 35% red, 30% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Sugar High has a hue angle of 304.74°, a saturation of 54.29% and a lightness of 86.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #efc9ec is made of 0% cyan, 14.91% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 6.27% black ink.

HEX #efc9ec
RGB Decimal rgb(239,201,236)
RGB Percentage 35%, 30%, 35%
CMYK 0, 14.91, 1.18, 6.27
HSL hsl(304.74,54.29%,86.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(304.74,15.9%,93.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.0882,19.2726,-12.2571)
XYZ xyz(71.6236,66.1801,88.356)
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