Pinkalicious Color

#ff99ff

Pinkalicious is soft, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, blue cyan or mid yellow

Inverse Color #060
Complementary Color #9f9
Color Shade: cool magenta (300° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 80% (better contrasting with white)
Pinkalicious Color Sample
Pinkalicious Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff99ff

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pinkalicious Color. The Electric Flamingo color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Strawberry Frosting (#ff6ffc) for more calm effect. Try Blush Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9f9 is the best complementary color to Pinkalicious. 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 #f9f complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #cb99ff and #f9c. Thus found on the left and right of #f9f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mauve and White colors as they work well with Pinkalicious.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pinkalicious palette consists of #9fc and #cf9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9f9). Try White and White colors in combination with #f9f, 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 #f9f 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 Pinkalicious. Thus Anakiwa and Pale Canary giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pinkalicious contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Anakiwa split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9f square combo is a palette of cool magenta, orange, warm green and blue cyan 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. Pinkalicious tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#9f9) and two others. The Pale Canary is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #feff99 and #99f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff99ff is made of 38% red, 23% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Pinkalicious has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 80%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff99ff is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff99ff
RGB Decimal rgb(255,153,255)
RGB Percentage 38%, 23%, 38%
CMYK 0, 40, 0, 0
HSL hsl(300,100%,80%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(300,40%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.8377,52.8308,-34.8434)
XYZ xyz(70.6812,51.2625,100.7771)
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