Flesh Pink Color

#f9cbd3

Flesh Pink 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 #06342c
Complementary Color #cbf9f0
Color Shade: cool red (349.57° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 88.63% (better contrasting with black)
Flesh Pink Color Sample
Flesh Pink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f9cbd3

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Flesh Pink Color. The Hepatica color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Valerie (#fde6e7) for more energetic effect. Try Pink Blessing as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cbf9f0 is the best complementary color to Flesh Pink. 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 #f9cbd3 complementary color is Humming Bird, 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 Azalea are #f9cbe9 and #f9d9cb. Thus found on the left and right of #f9cbd3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chantilly and Givry colors as they work well with Flesh Pink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flesh Pink palette consists of #cbeaf9 and #cbf9d9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbf9f0). Try Tropical Blue and Humming Bird colors in combination with #f9cbd3, 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 #f9cbd3 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 Flesh Pink. Thus Tropical Blue and Gossip giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flesh Pink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Humming Bird, Orinoco, and Perfume split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9cbd3 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. Flesh Pink tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#cbf9f0) and two others. The Gossip is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Perfume – 120° from the complementary Humming Bird. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d3f9cb and #f1cbf9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f9cbd3 is made of 38% red, 31% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Flesh Pink has a hue angle of 349.57°, a saturation of 79.31% and a lightness of 88.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9cbd3 is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 14.9% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #f9cbd3
RGB Decimal rgb(249,203,211)
RGB Percentage 38%, 31%, 32%
CMYK 0, 18.04, 14.9, 2.35
HSL hsl(349.57,79.31%,88.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(349.57,18.47%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.7833,17.4532,2.168)
XYZ xyz(72.1807,67.5548,70.8631)
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