Delicate Sweet Apricot Color

#fdcdbd

Delicate Sweet Apricot is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #023242
Complementary Color #bdedfd
Color Shade: mid red (15° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 86.67% (better contrasting with black)
Delicate Sweet Apricot Color Sample
Delicate Sweet Apricot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fdcdbd

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Delicate Sweet Apricot Color. The Desert Sunrise color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sheer Rosebud (#ffe8e5) for more energetic effect. Try Fuzzy Peach as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bdedfd is the best complementary color to Delicate Sweet Apricot. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fdcdbd complementary color is French Pass, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Light Apricot are #fdbdcd and #fdedbd. Thus found on the left and right of #fdcdbd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink and Beeswax colors as they work well with Delicate Sweet Apricot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Delicate Sweet Apricot palette consists of #bdcdfd and #bdfded colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdedfd). Try Periwinkle and Aero Blue colors in combination with #fdcdbd, 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 #fdcdbd offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Delicate Sweet Apricot. Thus Melrose and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Delicate Sweet Apricot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Pass, Reef, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #fdcdbd square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid 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. Delicate Sweet Apricot tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#bdedfd) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cupid – 120° from the complementary French Pass. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bdfdcd and #fdbdec.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fdcdbd is made of 39% red, 32% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Delicate Sweet Apricot has a hue angle of 15°, a saturation of 94.12% and a lightness of 86.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fdcdbd is made of 0% cyan, 18.83% magenta, 25.1% yellow and 0.78% black ink.

HEX #fdcdbd
RGB Decimal rgb(253,205,189)
RGB Percentage 39%, 32%, 29%
CMYK 0, 18.83, 25.1, 0.78
HSL hsl(15,94.12%,86.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15,25.3%,99.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.116,14.6327,14.364)
XYZ xyz(71.5246,68.2194,57.542)
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