Powder Rose Color

#f5b3bc

Powder Rose is pale, 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 #0a4c43
Complementary Color #b2f5eb
Color Shade: cool red (351.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.14% (better contrasting with white)
Powder Rose Color Sample
Powder Rose Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f5b3bc

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Powder Rose Color. The Mary's Rose color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Geranium Pink (#f6909d) for more energetic effect. Try First Daughter as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b2f5eb is the best complementary color to Powder Rose. 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 #f5b3bc complementary color is Ice Cold, 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 Illusion are #f5b2dd and #f5cab2. Thus found on the left and right of #f5b3bc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chantilly and Mandys Pink colors as they work well with Powder Rose.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Powder Rose palette consists of #b2ddf5 and #b2f5cb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b2f5eb). Try Sail and Magic Mint colors in combination with #f5b3bc, 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 #f5b3bc 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 Powder Rose. Thus Perano and Gossip giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Powder Rose contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ice Cold, Gossip, and Perfume split by 90° on the color wheel. #f5b3bc 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. Powder Rose tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#b2f5eb) and two others. The Gossip is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Perfume – 120° from the complementary Ice Cold. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bbf5b2 and #ebb2f5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f5b3bc is made of 40% red, 29% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Powder Rose has a hue angle of 351.82°, a saturation of 76.74% and a lightness of 83.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f5b3bc is made of 0% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 22.35% yellow and 3.92% black ink.

HEX #f5b3bc
RGB Decimal rgb(245,179,188)
RGB Percentage 40%, 29%, 31%
CMYK 0, 25.88, 22.35, 3.92
HSL hsl(351.82,76.74%,83.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351.82,26.94%,96.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.2043,25.2489,4.927)
XYZ xyz(62.8534,55.2835,54.935)
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