Pink Color

#ffc0cb

Pink is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #003f34
Complementary Color #c0fff4
Color Shade: cool red (349.52° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 87.65% (better contrasting with black)
Pink Color Sample
Pink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffc0cb

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pink Color. The Sweet Mallow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Saira Red (#ff9bb7) for more calm effect. Try Baby Girl as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c0fff4 is the best complementary color to Pink. 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 #ffc0cb complementary color is Aero Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pink are #ffc0ea and #ffd4c0. Thus found on the left and right of #ffc0cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cotton Candy and Romantic colors as they work well with Pink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pink palette consists of #c0eaff and #c0ffd4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c0fff4). Try Onahau and Aero Blue colors in combination with #ffc0cb, 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 #ffc0cb 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 Pink. Thus Periwinkle and Snow Flurry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aero Blue, Chiffon, and Melrose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffc0cb square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm 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. Pink tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#c0fff4) and two others. The Snow Flurry 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 #caffc0 and #f4c0ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffc0cb is made of 39% red, 30% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pink has a hue angle of 349.52°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 87.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffc0cb is made of 0% cyan, 24.71% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffc0cb
RGB Decimal rgb(255,192,203)
RGB Percentage 39%, 30%, 31%
CMYK 0, 24.71, 20.39, 0
HSL hsl(349.52,100%,87.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(349.52,24.71%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.5848,24.1497,3.3154)
XYZ xyz(70.8691,63.2711,64.9772)
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