Carousel Pink Color

#f9e0ed

Carousel Pink is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #061f12
Complementary Color #e0f9eb
Color Shade: warm magenta (328.8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 92.75% (better contrasting with black)
Carousel Pink Color Sample
Carousel Pink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f9e0ed

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Carousel Pink Color. The Sparkling Pink color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Baby Steps (#f5c9da) for more energetic effect. Try British Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e0f9eb is the best complementary color to Carousel Pink. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f9e0ed complementary color is Granny Apple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Carousel Pink are #f8e0f9 and #f9e0e0. Thus found on the left and right of #f9e0ed on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Moon Raker and We Peep colors as they work well with Carousel Pink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Carousel Pink palette consists of #e0f9f8 and #e0f9e0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e0f9eb). Try White Ice and Blue Romance colors in combination with #f9e0ed, 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 #f9e0ed offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Carousel Pink. Thus Link Water and Feta giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Carousel Pink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Granny Apple, Coconut Cream, and Moon Raker split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9e0ed square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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. Carousel Pink tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#e0f9eb) and two others. The Feta is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Moon Raker – 120° from the complementary Granny Apple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #edf9e0 and #ebe0f9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f9e0ed is made of 35% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Carousel Pink has a hue angle of 328.8°, a saturation of 67.57% and a lightness of 92.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9e0ed is made of 0% cyan, 9.81% magenta, 4.71% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #f9e0ed
RGB Decimal rgb(249,224,237)
RGB Percentage 35%, 32%, 33%
CMYK 0, 9.81, 4.71, 2.35
HSL hsl(328.8,67.57%,92.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(328.8,10.04%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.4895,10.7441,-3.2069)
XYZ xyz(81.0086,79.5655,91.2088)
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