Deep Greige Color

#726a6e

Deep Greige is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #8d9591
Complementary Color #6a726e
Color Shade: warm magenta (330° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.14% (better contrasting with white)
Deep Greige Color Sample
Deep Greige Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #726a6e

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Deep Greige Color. The Opera color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Mauvey Pink (#8c8188) for more energetic effect. Try Frost Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6a726e is the best complementary color to Deep Greige. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #726a6e complementary color is Corduroy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Scorpion are #726a72 and #726a6a. Thus found on the left and right of #726a6e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fedora and Dove Gray colors as they work well with Deep Greige.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Deep Greige palette consists of #6a7272 and #6a726a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a726e). Try Sirocco and Willow Grove colors in combination with #726a6e, 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 #726a6e offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Deep Greige. Thus Nevada and Limed Ash giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Deep Greige contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Corduroy, Ironside Gray, and Mid Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #726a6e square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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. Deep Greige tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#6a726e) and two others. The Limed Ash 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 #6e726a and #6e6a72.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #726a6e is made of 35% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Deep Greige has a hue angle of 330°, a saturation of 3.64% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #726a6e is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 55.29% black ink.

HEX #726a6e
RGB Decimal rgb(114,106,110)
RGB Percentage 35%, 32%, 33%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 1.57, 55.29
HSL hsl(330,3.64%,43.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(330,7.02%,44.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.6496,3.9164,-1.1131)
XYZ xyz(14.9079,15.0113,16.8636)
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