Festive Fennec Color

#ff5566

Festive Fennec 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 #0a9
Complementary Color #55feee
Color Shade: cool red (354° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Festive Fennec Color Sample
Festive Fennec Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff5566

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Festive Fennec Color. The Strawberry color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Heatstroke (#ff7788) for more calm effect. Try Carnation as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#55feee is the best complementary color to Festive Fennec. 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 #f56 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 White are #fe55ba and #fe9955. Thus found on the left and right of #f56 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hot Pink and Tan Hide colors as they work well with Festive Fennec.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Festive Fennec palette consists of #55bafe and #55fe99 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#55feee). Try Malibu and Screamin' Green colors in combination with #f56, 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 #f56 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 Festive Fennec. Thus Dodger Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Festive Fennec contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aquamarine, Green Yellow, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #f56 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. Festive Fennec tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#55feee) 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 #66fe55 and #ed55fe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff5566 is made of 58% red, 19% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Festive Fennec has a hue angle of 354°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff5566 is made of 0% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 60% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff5566
RGB Decimal rgb(255,85,102)
RGB Percentage 58%, 19%, 23%
CMYK 0, 66.67, 60, 0
HSL hsl(354,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(354,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.5304,65.1974,27.2023)
XYZ xyz(46.8868,28.7163,15.642)
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