Pale Coral Color

#f0d0b4

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

Inverse Color #0f2f4b
Complementary Color #b3d3f0
Color Shade: warm red (28° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.35% (better contrasting with black)
Pale Coral Color Sample
Pale Coral Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f0d0b4

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Coral Color. The Antique Linen color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Peach Nougat (#e6af91) for more calm effect. Try Island Spice as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b3d3f0 is the best complementary color to Pale Coral. 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 #f0d0b4 complementary color is Blizzard 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 Pancho are #f0b3b5 and #f0eeb3. Thus found on the left and right of #f0d0b4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mandys Pink and Double Colonial White colors as they work well with Pale Coral.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Coral palette consists of #b3b5f0 and #b3f0ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b3d3f0). Try Perano and Mint Tulip colors in combination with #f0d0b4, 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 #f0d0b4 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 Pale Coral. Thus Moon Raker and Magic Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Coral contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blizzard Blue, Madang, and French Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #f0d0b4 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. Pale Coral tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#b3d3f0) and two others. The Magic Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kobi – 120° from the complementary Blizzard Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b3f0d0 and #f0b3d3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f0d0b4 is made of 38% red, 33% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Coral has a hue angle of 28°, a saturation of 66.67% and a lightness of 82.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f0d0b4 is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 23.53% yellow and 5.88% black ink.

HEX #f0d0b4
RGB Decimal rgb(240,208,180)
RGB Percentage 38%, 33%, 29%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 23.53, 5.88
HSL hsl(28,66.67%,82.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28,25%,94.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.4697,7.0188,18.0358)
XYZ xyz(66.7293,66.9323,52.5822)
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