Ballet Cream Color

#fc8258

Ballet Cream is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, violet or cool green

Inverse Color #037da7
Complementary Color #58d1fc
Color Shade: warm red (15.37° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Ballet Cream Color Sample
Ballet Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fc8258

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Ballet Cream Color. The Lugganath Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Adobe Avenue (#fb9587) for more calm effect. Try Papaya as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#58d1fc is the best complementary color to Ballet Cream. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fc8258 complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Coral are #fc5880 and #fcd458. Thus found on the left and right of #fc8258 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wild Watermelon and Dandelion colors as they work well with Ballet Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ballet Cream palette consists of #587ffc and #58fcd4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#58d1fc). Try Cornflower Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #fc8258, 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 #fc8258 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ballet Cream. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ballet Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #fc8258 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and violet 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. Ballet Cream tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#58d1fc) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hot Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #58fc82 and #fc58d1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fc8258 is made of 54% red, 28% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Ballet Cream has a hue angle of 15.37°, a saturation of 96.47% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fc8258 is made of 0% cyan, 47.84% magenta, 64.31% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #fc8258
RGB Decimal rgb(252,130,88)
RGB Percentage 54%, 28%, 19%
CMYK 0, 47.84, 64.31, 1.18
HSL hsl(15.37,96.47%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.37,65.08%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.5502,43.1982,43.5527)
XYZ xyz(49.889,37.3653,13.8153)
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