Coral Beach Color

#ffbbaa

Coral Beach is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #045
Complementary Color #a9edff
Color Shade: mid red (12° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.33% (better contrasting with black)
Coral Beach Color Sample
Coral Beach Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffbbaa

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Coral Beach Color. The Orange Aura color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lolly (#fd978f) for more calm effect. Try Adobe Avenue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a9edff is the best complementary color to Coral Beach. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fba complementary color is Anakiwa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #ffa9c3 and #ffe5a9. Thus found on the left and right of #fba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Carnation Pink and Cape Honey colors as they work well with Coral Beach.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Coral Beach palette consists of #a9c3ff and #a9ffe5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a9edff). Try Melrose and Aero Blue colors in combination with #fba, 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 #fba offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Coral Beach. Thus Melrose and Mint Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Coral Beach contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anakiwa, Reef, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #fba square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Coral Beach tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#a9edff) and two others. The Mint Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender Rose – 120° from the complementary Anakiwa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a9ffba and #ffa9ed.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffbbaa is made of 42% red, 31% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Coral Beach has a hue angle of 12°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffbbaa is made of 0% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffbbaa
RGB Decimal rgb(255,187,170)
RGB Percentage 42%, 31%, 28%
CMYK 0, 26.67, 33.33, 0
HSL hsl(12,100%,83.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(12,33.33%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.6764,22.3384,18.2702)
XYZ xyz(66.266,59.7029,46.0614)
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