What is hex #D8585B color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 85% red, 35% green and 36% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (216,88,91).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 59%, 58%, 15%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #D8585B features a hue of 359°, 59% saturation, and a brightness value of 85%.

Hex #D8585B Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (216,88,91)
CMYK Values (0%, 59%, 58%, 15%)
HSV/HSB Values (359°, 59%, 85%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC6666 [Fuzzy Wuzzy]
Inverse Color
#27A7A4
Closest Pantone®
7418 C
Closest RAL
RAL 3017 [Rose]
Complementary Color
#58D8D5

#D8585B Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#838383
Lightness (Desaturation)
#989898
Weighted (BT601)
#7F7F7F
Luma (BT709)
#737373

Hex #D8585B Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #D8585B is #58D8D5. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #D8585B you will find #58D8D5. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #D8585B is composed with colors #D8589B and #D89558. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #D8585B with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #D8585B is composed with colors #589BD8 and #58D895. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #D8585B is composed with colors #585BD8 and #5BD858. They are located to the right and left of your main color #D8585B with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #D8585B is composed with colors #5BD858, #58D8D5 and #D558D8 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #D8585B is composed with colors #9BD858, #58D8D5 and #9558D8 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #D8585B

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #D8585B.

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

Hex #D8585B in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #D8585B
Java new Color(216,88,91);
Python Color(#D8585B)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 216,88,91);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.85, green: 0.35, blue: 0.36, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(216, 88, 91)