Darling Bud is soft, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #070 |
| Complementary Color | #87ff87 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (300° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 76.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Darling Bud Color. The Jigglypuff color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Hitsujiyama Pink (#ee66ff) for more calm effect. Try Ultimate Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#87ff87 is the best complementary color to Darling Bud. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f8f complementary color is Mint Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #c387ff and #ff87c3. Thus found on the left and right of #f8f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heliotrope and Tickle Me Pink colors as they work well with Darling Bud.
The split-complementary Darling Bud palette consists of #87ffc3 and #c3ff87 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#87ff87). Try Aquamarine and Reef colors in combination with #f8f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #f8f offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Darling Bud. Thus Anakiwa and Dolly giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Darling Bud contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mint Green, Chardonnay, and Malibu split by 90° on the color wheel. #f8f square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Darling Bud tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#87ff87) and two others. The Dolly is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malibu – 120° from the complementary Mint Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #feff87 and #8787ff.
In a RGB color space, hex #ff88ff is made of 39% red, 21% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Darling Bud has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff88ff is made of 0% cyan, 46.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ff88ff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,136,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 21%, 39% |
| CMYK | 0, 46.67, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(300,100%,76.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300,46.67%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.6028,61.1788,-39.8633) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.0942,46.0883,99.9147) |