French Puce is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green
| Inverse Color | #b1e9f6 |
| Complementary Color | #08414e |
| Color Shade: | mid red (11.3° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 17.06% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to French Puce Color. The Beastly Flesh color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Chestnut Brown (#6d1008) for more energetic effect. Try Prune as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#08414e is the best complementary color to French Puce. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4e1609 complementary color is Tarawera, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Rebel are #4e081e and #4e3808. Thus found on the left and right of #4e1609 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cab Sav and Bronze Olive colors as they work well with French Puce.
The split-complementary French Puce palette consists of #081e4e and #084e38 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#08414e). Try Downriver and Tiber colors in combination with #4e1609, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #4e1609 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the French Puce. Thus Violent Violet and Dark Fern giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of French Puce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tarawera, Dark Fern, and Clairvoyant split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e1609 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. French Puce tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#08414e) and two others. The Dark Fern is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Loulou – 120° from the complementary Tarawera. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #084e15 and #4e0841.
In a RGB color space, hex #4e1609 is made of 72% red, 20% green and 8% blue. In a HSL mode French Puce has a hue angle of 11.3°, a saturation of 79.31% and a lightness of 17.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e1609 is made of 0% cyan, 21.96% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 69.41% black ink.
| HEX | #4e1609 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(78,22,9) |
| RGB Percentage | 72%, 20%, 8% |
| CMYK | 0, 21.96, 27.06, 69.41 |
| HSL | hsl(11.3,79.31%,17.06%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(11.3,88.46%,30.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(16.5687,25.6162,21.3818) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.4781,2.2132,0.5023) |