Mousy Indigo is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #a3abb1 |
| Complementary Color | #4e565c |
| Color Shade: | warm red (25.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 33.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mousy Indigo Color. The Film Noir color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Cobble Brown (#7a6455) for more energetic effect. Try Homebush as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4e565c is the best complementary color to Mousy Indigo. 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 #5c544e complementary color is Abbey, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Fuscous Gray are #5c4e4f and #5c5a4e. Thus found on the left and right of #5c544e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Don Juan and Fuscous Gray colors as they work well with Mousy Indigo.
The split-complementary Mousy Indigo palette consists of #4e4f5c and #4e5c5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e565c). Try Trout and Nandor colors in combination with #5c544e, 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 #5c544e 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 Mousy Indigo. Thus Scarpa Flow and Nandor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mousy Indigo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Abbey, Gray Asparagus, and Mortar split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c544e square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mousy Indigo tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4e565c) and two others. The Nandor is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Don Juan – 120° from the complementary Abbey. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4e5c54 and #5c4e56.
In a RGB color space, hex #5c544e is made of 36% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Mousy Indigo has a hue angle of 25.71°, a saturation of 8.24% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c544e is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 63.92% black ink.
| HEX | #5c544e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(92,84,78) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 33%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.14, 5.49, 63.92 |
| HSL | hsl(25.71,8.24%,33.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(25.71,15.22%,36.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.302,2.1114,4.6829) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.9591,9.166,8.5047) |