Pastel Red Color

#ff6961

Pastel Red 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 #00969e
Complementary Color #61f6ff
Color Shade: mid red (3.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.02% (better contrasting with white)
Pastel Red Color Sample
Pastel Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff6961

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pastel Red Color. The Protein High color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Alexandria (#ff8f73) for more calm effect. Try Adobe Avenue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#61f6ff is the best complementary color to Pastel Red. 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 #ff6961 complementary color is Aquamarine, 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 #ff61a7 and #ffb861. Thus found on the left and right of #ff6961 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hot Pink and Koromiko colors as they work well with Pastel Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pastel Red palette consists of #61a8ff and #61ffb7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#61f6ff). Try Malibu and Aquamarine colors in combination with #ff6961, 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 #ff6961 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 Pastel Red. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pastel Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aquamarine, Green Yellow, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff6961 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. Pastel Red tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#61f6ff) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Flamingo – 120° from the complementary Aquamarine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #61ff69 and #ff61f7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff6961 is made of 56% red, 23% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Pastel Red has a hue angle of 3.04°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 69.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff6961 is made of 0% cyan, 58.82% magenta, 61.96% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff6961
RGB Decimal rgb(255,105,97)
RGB Percentage 56%, 23%, 21%
CMYK 0, 58.82, 61.96, 0
HSL hsl(3.04,100%,69.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(3.04,61.96%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.5294,56.6114,33.8812)
XYZ xyz(48.4492,32.2262,14.976)
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