Catnip Wood Color

#6f6066

Catnip Wood is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #909f99
Complementary Color #5f6f69
Color Shade: red magenta (336° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.59% (better contrasting with white)
Catnip Wood Color Sample
Catnip Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f6066

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Catnip Wood Color. The Glazed Ringlet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blooming Wisteria (#88777e) for more calm effect. Try Bank Vault as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5f6f69 is the best complementary color to Catnip Wood. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6f6066 complementary color is Corduroy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Scorpion are #6f5f6d and #6f615f. Thus found on the left and right of #6f6066 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Old Lavender and Dorado colors as they work well with Catnip Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Catnip Wood palette consists of #5f6d6f and #5f6f61 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5f6f69). Try Nevada and Finlandia colors in combination with #6f6066, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #6f6066 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Catnip Wood. Thus Shuttle Gray and Willow Grove giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Catnip Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Corduroy, Kokoda, and Mid Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f6066 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Catnip Wood tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#5f6f69) 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 #666f5f and #695f6f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f6066 is made of 36% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Catnip Wood has a hue angle of 336°, a saturation of 7.25% and a lightness of 40.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f6066 is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #6f6066
RGB Decimal rgb(111,96,102)
RGB Percentage 36%, 31%, 33%
CMYK 0, 5.88, 3.53, 56.47
HSL hsl(336,7.25%,40.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(336,13.51%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.3147,7.1587,-1.1902)
XYZ xyz(13.1367,12.7046,14.3302)
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