Fresh Gum Color

#ffaadd

Fresh Gum is calm, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #052
Complementary Color #a9ffcc
Color Shade: warm magenta (324° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.33% (better contrasting with white)
Fresh Gum Color Sample
Fresh Gum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffaadd

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Fresh Gum Color. The Infra-White color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Pout Pink (#ff82ce) for more calm effect. Try Pink Orchid Mantis as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a9ffcc is the best complementary color to Fresh Gum. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fad complementary color is Aero Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #f6a9ff and #ffa9b2. Thus found on the left and right of #fad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mauve and Sundown colors as they work well with Fresh Gum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fresh Gum palette consists of #a9fff6 and #b2ffa9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a9ffcc). Try Anakiwa and Reef colors in combination with #fad, 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 #fad offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fresh Gum. Thus Anakiwa and Reef giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fresh Gum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aero Blue, Vis Vis, and Melrose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fad square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue 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. Fresh Gum tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#a9ffcc) and two others. The Reef is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mauve – 120° from the complementary Aero Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dcffa9 and #cba9ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffaadd is made of 39% red, 26% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Fresh Gum has a hue angle of 324°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffaadd is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffaadd
RGB Decimal rgb(255,170,221)
RGB Percentage 39%, 26%, 34%
CMYK 0, 33.33, 13.33, 0
HSL hsl(324,100%,83.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(324,33.33%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.1735,38.4157,-12.8884)
XYZ xyz(68.6659,55.2299,75.448)
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