Poetry Plum is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #90a3a0 |
| Complementary Color | #5c6f6c |
| Color Shade: | cool red (350.53° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 39.8% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Poetry Plum Color. The Emperor color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Wood-Black Red (#584043) for more energetic effect. Try Napa Wine as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5c6f6c is the best complementary color to Poetry Plum. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6f5c5f complementary color is Corduroy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Zambezi are #6f5c68 and #6f625c. Thus found on the left and right of #6f5c5f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scorpion and Pine Cone colors as they work well with Poetry Plum.
The split-complementary Poetry Plum palette consists of #5c686f and #5c6f62 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c6f6c). Try Nevada and Corduroy colors in combination with #6f5c5f, 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 #6f5c5f offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Poetry Plum. Thus Mid Gray and Willow Grove giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Poetry Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Corduroy, Siam, and Smoky split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f5c5f square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Poetry Plum tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#5c6f6c) and two others. The Willow Grove is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salt Box – 120° from the complementary Corduroy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5f6f5c and #6c5c6f.
In a RGB color space, hex #6f5c5f is made of 37% red, 31% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Poetry Plum has a hue angle of 350.53°, a saturation of 9.36% and a lightness of 39.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f5c5f is made of 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 56.47% black ink.
| HEX | #6f5c5f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(111,92,95) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 31%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.45, 6.28, 56.47 |
| HSL | hsl(350.53,9.36%,39.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(350.53,17.12%,43.53%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(40.9928,8.2594,1.1652) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.4482,11.86,12.4596) |