Tangerine Dream Color

#ff8449

Tangerine Dream is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #007bb6
Complementary Color #48c3ff
Color Shade: warm red (19.45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.31% (better contrasting with white)
Tangerine Dream Color Sample
Tangerine Dream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff8449

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Tangerine Dream Color. The Miami Coral color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Orange Chiffon (#f9aa7d) for more calm effect. Try Coralistic as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#48c3ff is the best complementary color to Tangerine Dream. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff8449 complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Coral are #ff4868 and #ffdf48. Thus found on the left and right of #ff8449 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Radical Red and Bright Sun colors as they work well with Tangerine Dream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tangerine Dream palette consists of #4868ff and #48ffdf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#48c3ff). Try Dodger Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #ff8449, 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 #ff8449 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tangerine Dream. Thus Electric Violet and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tangerine Dream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff8449 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Tangerine Dream tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#48c3ff) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Razzle Dazzle Rose – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #48ff84 and #ff48c3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff8449 is made of 55% red, 29% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Tangerine Dream has a hue angle of 19.45°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 64.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff8449 is made of 0% cyan, 48.24% magenta, 71.37% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff8449
RGB Decimal rgb(255,132,73)
RGB Percentage 55%, 29%, 16%
CMYK 0, 48.24, 71.37, 0
HSL hsl(19.45,100%,64.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(19.45,71.37%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.1997,42.5559,51.9865)
XYZ xyz(50.6939,38.2436,11.0132)
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