Amour Color

#f9eaf3

Amour 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 #06150c
Complementary Color #e9f9f0
Color Shade: warm magenta (324° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 94.71% (better contrasting with black)
Amour Color Sample
Amour Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f9eaf3

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Amour Color. The Nursery Pink color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Hopeful (#f2d4e2) for more calm effect. Try Lacquer Mauve as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e9f9f0 is the best complementary color to Amour. 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 #f9eaf3 complementary color is Off Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Amour are #f7e9f9 and #f9e9eb. Thus found on the left and right of #f9eaf3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching French Lilac and Amour colors as they work well with Amour.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Amour palette consists of #e9f9f7 and #ebf9e9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e9f9f0). Try Aqua Spring and Peppermint colors in combination with #f9eaf3, 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 #f9eaf3 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 Amour. Thus Link Water and Frost giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Amour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Off Green, Quarter Spanish White, and Link Water split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9eaf3 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. Amour tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#e9f9f0) and two others. The Frost is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White Lilac – 120° from the complementary Off Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f3f9e9 and #f0e9f9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f9eaf3 is made of 34% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Amour has a hue angle of 324°, a saturation of 55.56% and a lightness of 94.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9eaf3 is made of 0% cyan, 5.89% magenta, 2.36% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #f9eaf3
RGB Decimal rgb(249,234,243)
RGB Percentage 34%, 32%, 33%
CMYK 0, 5.89, 2.36, 2.35
HSL hsl(324,55.56%,94.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(324,6.02%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(94.0795,6.6129,-2.5352)
XYZ xyz(84.6674,85.4564,96.8263)
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