Spun Sugar Color

#fae2ed

Spun Sugar is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #051d12
Complementary Color #e2faef
Color Shade: red magenta (332.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 93.33% (better contrasting with black)
Spun Sugar Color Sample
Spun Sugar Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fae2ed

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Spun Sugar Color. The Baby Steps color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mountain Laurel (#f4c8d5) for more calm effect. Try British Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e2faef is the best complementary color to Spun Sugar. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fae2ed complementary color is White Ice, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Carousel Pink are #fae2f9 and #fae3e2. Thus found on the left and right of #fae2ed on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Carousel Pink and Linen colors as they work well with Spun Sugar.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spun Sugar palette consists of #e2f9fa and #e2fae3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e2faef). Try White Ice and Feta colors in combination with #fae2ed, 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 #fae2ed offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spun Sugar. Thus Link Water and Feta giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spun Sugar contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White Ice, Coconut Cream, and Moon Raker split by 90° on the color wheel. #fae2ed square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Spun Sugar tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#e2faef) and two others. The Feta is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Selago – 120° from the complementary White Ice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #edfae2 and #efe2fa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fae2ed is made of 35% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Spun Sugar has a hue angle of 332.5°, a saturation of 70.59% and a lightness of 93.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fae2ed is made of 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 1.96% black ink.

HEX #fae2ed
RGB Decimal rgb(250,226,237)
RGB Percentage 35%, 32%, 33%
CMYK 0, 9.41, 5.1, 1.96
HSL hsl(332.5,70.59%,93.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(332.5,9.6%,98.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.0565,10.0458,-2.365)
XYZ xyz(81.9068,80.8311,91.4058)
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