Grapefruit Pulp Color

#fe6f5e

Grapefruit Pulp is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #0190a1
Complementary Color #5dedfe
Color Shade: mid red (6.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 68.24% (better contrasting with white)
Grapefruit Pulp Color Sample
Grapefruit Pulp Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fe6f5e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Grapefruit Pulp Color. The Candy color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Peach's Daydream (#fd9b88) for more calm effect. Try Pink Orange as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5dedfe is the best complementary color to Grapefruit Pulp. 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 #fe6f5e complementary color is Malibu, 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 Bittersweet are #fe5d9c and #febf5d. Thus found on the left and right of #fe6f5e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hot Pink and Koromiko colors as they work well with Grapefruit Pulp.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Grapefruit Pulp palette consists of #5d9cfe and #5dfebf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5dedfe). Try Malibu and Aquamarine colors in combination with #fe6f5e, 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 #fe6f5e 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 Grapefruit Pulp. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Grapefruit Pulp contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Green Yellow, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #fe6f5e 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. Grapefruit Pulp tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#5dedfe) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Flamingo – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5dfe6e and #fe5dec.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fe6f5e is made of 55% red, 24% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Grapefruit Pulp has a hue angle of 6.38°, a saturation of 98.77% and a lightness of 68.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fe6f5e is made of 0% cyan, 56.08% magenta, 62.75% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fe6f5e
RGB Decimal rgb(254,111,94)
RGB Percentage 55%, 24%, 20%
CMYK 0, 56.08, 62.75, 0.39
HSL hsl(6.38,98.77%,68.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(6.38,62.99%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.3611,53.3796,36.5457)
XYZ xyz(48.5779,33.2479,14.4468)
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