Love Red Color

#ff496c

Love Red is vibrant, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #00b693
Complementary Color #48ffdc
Color Shade: cool red (348.46° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.31% (better contrasting with white)
Love Red Color Sample
Love Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff496c

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Love Red Color. The Blood Burst color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Strawberry (#fb2943) for more calm effect. Try Anime Blush as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#48ffdc is the best complementary color to Love Red. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff496c complementary color is Aquamarine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Wild Watermelon are #ff48c6 and #ff8048. Thus found on the left and right of #ff496c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Razzle Dazzle Rose and Coral colors as they work well with Love Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Love Red palette consists of #48c7ff and #48ff80 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#48ffdc). Try Malibu and Screamin' Green colors in combination with #ff496c, 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 #ff496c offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Love Red. Thus Dodger Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Love Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aquamarine, Green Yellow, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff496c square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm 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. Love Red tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#48ffdc) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heliotrope – 120° from the complementary Aquamarine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6bff48 and #db48ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff496c is made of 58% red, 17% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Love Red has a hue angle of 348.46°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 64.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff496c is made of 0% cyan, 71.37% magenta, 57.65% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff496c
RGB Decimal rgb(255,73,108)
RGB Percentage 58%, 17%, 25%
CMYK 0, 71.37, 57.65, 0
HSL hsl(348.46,100%,64.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(348.46,71.37%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.074,69.9033,21.7903)
XYZ xyz(46.3293,27.1078,16.9779)
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