What is hex #DE9085 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 87% red, 56% green and 52% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (222,144,133).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 35%, 40%, 13%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #DE9085 features a hue of 7°, 40% saturation, and a brightness value of 87%.

Hex #DE9085 Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (222,144,133)
CMYK Values (0%, 35%, 40%, 13%)
HSV/HSB Values (7°, 40%, 87%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC9999
Inverse Color
#216F7A
Closest Pantone®
7606 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1001 [Beige]
Complementary Color
#85D3DE

#DE9085 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A6A6A6
Lightness (Desaturation)
#B1B1B1
Weighted (BT601)
#A6A6A6
Luma (BT709)
#A0A0A0

Hex #DE9085 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #DE9085 is #85D3DE. 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 #DE9085 you will find #85D3DE. 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.

#DE9085 #85D3DE

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #DE9085 is composed with colors #DE85A6 and #DEBC85. 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 #DE9085 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.

#DE85A6 #DE9085 #DEBC85

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #DE9085 is composed with colors #85A6DE and #85DEBC. 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.

#DE9085 #85A6DE #85DEBC

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #DE9085 is composed with colors #9085DE and #85DE90. They are located to the right and left of your main color #DE9085 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.

#DE9085 #9085DE #85DE90

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #DE9085 is composed with colors #85DE90, #85D3DE and #DE85D3 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.

#DE9085 #85DE90 #85D3DE #DE85D3

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #DE9085 is composed with colors #A6DE85, #85D3DE and #BC85DE 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.

#DE9085 #A6DE85 #85D3DE #BC85DE

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #DE9085

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #DE9085.

#DE9085 #E29E95 #E6ADA5 #EBBBB5 #EFCAC5 #F3D9D5 #F8E7E5 #FCF6F5

Tones

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

#DE9085 #D6958C #CE9B94 #C7A19B #BFA6A3 #B8ACAA #B1B1B1

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#DE9085 #D98174 #D57264 #D06454 #CC5544 #C74735 #B74231 #A73C2D

Hex #DE9085 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 #DE9085
Java new Color(222,144,133);
Python Color(#DE9085)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 222,144,133);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.87, green: 0.56, blue: 0.52, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(222, 144, 133)