Blushing Cherub Color

#ffcdaf

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

Inverse Color #003250
Complementary Color #afe1ff
Color Shade: warm red (22.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.31% (better contrasting with black)
Blushing Cherub Color Sample
Blushing Cherub Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffcdaf

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Blushing Cherub Color. The Winthrop Peach color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Apricot Appeal (#fec382) for more calm effect. Try Hit Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#afe1ff is the best complementary color to Blushing Cherub. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffcdaf complementary color is Anakiwa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Romantic are #ffafb9 and #fff5af. Thus found on the left and right of #ffcdaf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sundown and Buttermilk colors as they work well with Blushing Cherub.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blushing Cherub palette consists of #afb8ff and #affff5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#afe1ff). Try Melrose and French Pass colors in combination with #ffcdaf, 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 #ffcdaf offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blushing Cherub. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blushing Cherub contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anakiwa, Reef, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffcdaf square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Blushing Cherub tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#afe1ff) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cotton Candy – 120° from the complementary Anakiwa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #afffcd and #ffafe1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffcdaf is made of 40% red, 32% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Blushing Cherub has a hue angle of 22.5°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 84.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffcdaf is made of 0% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 31.37% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffcdaf
RGB Decimal rgb(255,205,175)
RGB Percentage 40%, 32%, 28%
CMYK 0, 19.61, 31.37, 0
HSL hsl(22.5,100%,84.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(22.5,31.37%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.0153,13.5453,21.6355)
XYZ xyz(70.8092,68.0178,49.9541)
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