A Brand New Day is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #054 |
| Complementary Color | #a9ffee |
| Color Shade: | cool red (348° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 83.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to A Brand New Day Color. The Salmon Rose color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called A Bloomed Cherry Blossom (#ffccda) for more calm effect. Try Linnet Egg Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a9ffee is the best complementary color to A Brand New Day. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fab complementary color is Anakiwa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #ffa9e5 and #ffc3a9. Thus found on the left and right of #fab on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cotton Candy and Wax Flower colors as they work well with A Brand New Day.
The split-complementary A Brand New Day palette consists of #a9e5ff and #a9ffc3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a9ffee). Try Anakiwa and Mint Green colors in combination with #fab, 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 #fab offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the A Brand New Day. Thus Melrose and Reef giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of A Brand New Day contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anakiwa, Tidal, and Melrose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fab square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. A Brand New Day tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#a9ffee) and two others. The Reef is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mauve – 120° from the complementary Anakiwa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #baffa9 and #eda9ff.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffaabb is made of 42% red, 28% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode A Brand New Day has a hue angle of 348°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffaabb is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffaabb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,170,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 42%, 28%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 33.33, 26.67, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(348,100%,83.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(348,33.33%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.2263,33.427,4.1933) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.5844,53.5973,53.9551) |