Sugar Coral Color

#f56c73

Sugar Coral is soft, 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 #0a938c
Complementary Color #6bf5ee
Color Shade: cool red (356.93° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.22% (better contrasting with white)
Sugar Coral Color Sample
Sugar Coral Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f56c73

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sugar Coral Color. The Strawberry Soap 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 saturated alternative called Conch Shell (#fc8f9b) for more energetic effect. Try Posy Petal as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6bf5ee is the best complementary color to Sugar Coral. 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 #f56c73 complementary color is Spray, 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 Froly are #f56bb7 and #f5a96b. Thus found on the left and right of #f56c73 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Pink and Sandy brown colors as they work well with Sugar Coral.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sugar Coral palette consists of #6bb7f5 and #6bf5a9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6bf5ee). Try Malibu and Aquamarine colors in combination with #f56c73, 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 #f56c73 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 Sugar Coral. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sugar Coral contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spray, Sulu, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #f56c73 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. Sugar Coral tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#6bf5ee) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heliotrope – 120° from the complementary Spray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #72f56b and #ee6bf5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f56c73 is made of 52% red, 23% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Sugar Coral has a hue angle of 356.93°, a saturation of 87.26% and a lightness of 69.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f56c73 is made of 0% cyan, 53.73% magenta, 50.98% yellow and 3.92% black ink.

HEX #f56c73
RGB Decimal rgb(245,108,115)
RGB Percentage 52%, 23%, 25%
CMYK 0, 53.73, 50.98, 3.92
HSL hsl(356.93,87.26%,69.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.93,55.92%,96.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.8233,53.1299,22.5067)
XYZ xyz(46.1133,31.3754,19.8453)
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