Pink Elephants is soft, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #061 |
| Complementary Color | #9fa |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (310° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 80% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Elephants Color. The Splash Of Grenadine color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Luminescent Pink (#f984ef) for more calm effect. Try Pink Apotheosis as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9fa is the best complementary color to Pink Elephants. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f9e complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #d9f and #ff99ba. Thus found on the left and right of #f9e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Carnation Pink colors as they work well with Pink Elephants.
The split-complementary Pink Elephants palette consists of #9fd and #baff99 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9fa). Try White and Reef colors in combination with #f9e, 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 #f9e 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 Pink Elephants. Thus Anakiwa and Jonquil giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pink Elephants contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Anakiwa split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9e square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pink Elephants tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#9fa) and two others. The Jonquil is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melrose – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #edff99 and #a999ff.
In a RGB color space, hex #ff99ee is made of 39% red, 24% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Pink Elephants has a hue angle of 310°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 80%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff99ee is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ff99ee |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,153,238) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 24%, 37% |
| CMYK | 0, 40, 6.67, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(310,100%,80%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(310,40%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.2014,49.9118,-26.6159) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.0638,50.2155,86.9941) |