Pink Currant Color

#fed5e9

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

Inverse Color #012a16
Complementary Color #d5feea
Color Shade: red magenta (330.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 91.57% (better contrasting with black)
Pink Currant Color Sample
Pink Currant Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fed5e9

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Currant Color. The Partial Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Fairy Wings (#ffebf2) for more energetic effect. Try Remy as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d5feea is the best complementary color to Pink Currant. 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 #fed5e9 complementary color is Aero Blue, 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 Pig Pink are #fed5fd and #fed5d5. Thus found on the left and right of #fed5e9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink Lace and Cosmos colors as they work well with Pink Currant.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pink Currant palette consists of #d5fdfe and #d5fed5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d5feea). Try Oyster Bay and Snowy Mint colors in combination with #fed5e9, 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 #fed5e9 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 Pink Currant. Thus Pattens Blue and Snow Flurry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pink Currant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aero Blue, Moon Glow, and Fog split by 90° on the color wheel. #fed5e9 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan 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. Pink Currant tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#d5feea) and two others. The Snow Flurry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Chalk – 120° from the complementary Aero Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e9fed5 and #ead5fe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fed5e9 is made of 36% red, 30% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Currant has a hue angle of 330.73°, a saturation of 95.35% and a lightness of 91.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fed5e9 is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 8.24% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fed5e9
RGB Decimal rgb(254,213,233)
RGB Percentage 36%, 30%, 33%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 8.24, 0.39
HSL hsl(330.73,95.35%,91.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(330.73,16.14%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.1783,17.4987,-4.4559)
XYZ xyz(79.3753,74.5425,87.2954)
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