Chinese Cherry Color

#f1d7cb

Chinese Cherry 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 #0e2834
Complementary Color #cbe4f1
Color Shade: warm red (18.95° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 87.06% (better contrasting with black)
Chinese Cherry Color Sample
Chinese Cherry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f1d7cb

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chinese Cherry Color. The Pink Abalone color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Porcelain Crab (#e9b7a8) for more energetic effect. Try Silver Bird as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cbe4f1 is the best complementary color to Chinese Cherry. 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 #f1d7cb complementary color is Link Water, 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 Almond are #f1cbd2 and #f1eacb. Thus found on the left and right of #f1d7cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Beauty Bush and Wheatfield colors as they work well with Chinese Cherry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chinese Cherry palette consists of #cbd2f1 and #cbf1ea colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbe4f1). Try Link Water and Iceberg colors in combination with #f1d7cb, 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 #f1d7cb 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 Chinese Cherry. Thus Moon Raker and Granny Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chinese Cherry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Link Water, Tea Green, and French Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #f1d7cb 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. Chinese Cherry tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#cbe4f1) and two others. The Granny Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and We Peep – 120° from the complementary Link Water. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbf1d7 and #f1cbe4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f1d7cb is made of 37% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Chinese Cherry has a hue angle of 18.95°, a saturation of 57.58% and a lightness of 87.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f1d7cb is made of 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 14.9% yellow and 5.49% black ink.

HEX #f1d7cb
RGB Decimal rgb(241,215,203)
RGB Percentage 37%, 33%, 31%
CMYK 0, 10.2, 14.9, 5.49
HSL hsl(18.95,57.58%,87.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(18.95,15.77%,94.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.7822,7.0924,9.1945)
XYZ xyz(71.3556,71.6134,66.5618)
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