Sugar Milk Color

#fff9f5

Sugar Milk 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 #00060a
Complementary Color #f5fbff
Color Shade: warm red (24° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 98.04% (better contrasting with black)
Sugar Milk Color Sample
Sugar Milk Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fff9f5

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sugar Milk Color. The Light Peach Rose color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mood Lighting (#ffe7d5) for more calm effect. Try Karry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f5fbff is the best complementary color to Sugar Milk. 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 #fff9f5 complementary color is Alice Blue, 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 Soapstone are #fff5f6 and #fffef5. Thus found on the left and right of #fff9f5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chablis and Black White colors as they work well with Sugar Milk.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sugar Milk palette consists of #f5f6ff and #f5fffe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f5fbff). Try Zircon and Dew colors in combination with #fff9f5, 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 #fff9f5 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 Sugar Milk. Thus Magnolia and Hint of Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sugar Milk contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Alice Blue, Sugar Cane, and White Pointer split by 90° on the color wheel. #fff9f5 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. Sugar Milk tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#f5fbff) and two others. The Hint of Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tutu – 120° from the complementary Alice Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f5fff9 and #fff5fb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fff9f5 is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Sugar Milk has a hue angle of 24°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 98.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fff9f5 is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 3.92% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fff9f5
RGB Decimal rgb(255,249,245)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 2.35, 3.92, 0
HSL hsl(24,100%,98.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24,3.92%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(98.2747,1.3127,2.6114)
XYZ xyz(91.5971,95.6039,100.0119)
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