Gaiety Color

#f4e4e5

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

Inverse Color #0b1b1a
Complementary Color #e3f4f3
Color Shade: cool red (356.25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 92.55% (better contrasting with black)
Gaiety Color Sample
Gaiety Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f4e4e5

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Gaiety Color. The Pink Cardoon color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Oh So Pretty (#eac7cb) for more energetic effect. Try Chalk Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e3f4f3 is the best complementary color to Gaiety. 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 #f4e4e5 complementary color is Aqua Squeeze, 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 Dawn Pink are #f4e3ed and #f4ebe3. Thus found on the left and right of #f4e4e5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vanilla Ice and Merino colors as they work well with Gaiety.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gaiety palette consists of #e3edf4 and #e3f4eb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e3f4f3). Try Black Squeeze and Apple Green colors in combination with #f4e4e5, 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 #f4e4e5 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 Gaiety. Thus White Lilac and Peppermint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gaiety contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aqua Squeeze, Loafer, and Snuff split by 90° on the color wheel. #f4e4e5 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. Gaiety tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#e3f4f3) and two others. The Peppermint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Snuff – 120° from the complementary Aqua Squeeze. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e4f4e3 and #f3e3f4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f4e4e5 is made of 35% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Gaiety has a hue angle of 356.25°, a saturation of 42.11% and a lightness of 92.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f4e4e5 is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 5.89% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f4e4e5
RGB Decimal rgb(244,228,229)
RGB Percentage 35%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 6.28, 5.89, 4.31
HSL hsl(356.25,42.11%,92.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.25,6.56%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.8538,5.6086,1.4619)
XYZ xyz(79.1945,80.377,85.4691)
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