Sweet Serenade Color

#ffc5d5

Sweet Serenade is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #003a2a
Complementary Color #c4ffef
Color Shade: red magenta (343.45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 88.63% (better contrasting with black)
Sweet Serenade Color Sample
Sweet Serenade Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffc5d5

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Serenade Color. The Majin Bū Pink color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Baby Girl (#ffdfe8) for more calm effect. Try Taffy Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c4ffef is the best complementary color to Sweet Serenade. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffc5d5 complementary color is Aero Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pink are #ffc4f1 and #ffd2c4. Thus found on the left and right of #ffc5d5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink Lace and Tuft Bush colors as they work well with Sweet Serenade.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Serenade palette consists of #c4f1ff and #c4ffd2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c4ffef). Try Onahau and Snowy Mint colors in combination with #ffc5d5, 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 #ffc5d5 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sweet Serenade. Thus Periwinkle and Snow Flurry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Serenade contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aero Blue, Chiffon, and Melrose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffc5d5 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Sweet Serenade tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#c4ffef) 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 #d4ffc4 and #efc4ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffc5d5 is made of 38% red, 30% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Serenade has a hue angle of 343.45°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 88.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffc5d5 is made of 0% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 16.47% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffc5d5
RGB Decimal rgb(255,197,213)
RGB Percentage 38%, 30%, 32%
CMYK 0, 22.75, 16.47, 0
HSL hsl(343.45,100%,88.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(343.45,22.75%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.9947,23.0242,0.0231)
XYZ xyz(73.2165,65.9966,71.8305)
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