Muskrat Color

#7e6f4f

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

Inverse Color #8190b0
Complementary Color #4f5e7e
Color Shade: orange (40.85° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.2% (better contrasting with white)
Muskrat Color Sample
Muskrat Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7e6f4f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Muskrat Color. The Western Reserve color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Fantan (#9f7e53) for more energetic effect. Try Wilderness as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4f5e7e is the best complementary color to Muskrat. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7e6f4f complementary color is Blue Bayoux, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Shadow are #7e574f and #757e4f. Thus found on the left and right of #7e6f4f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Roman Coffee and Go Ben colors as they work well with Muskrat.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Muskrat palette consists of #574f7e and #4f757e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f5e7e). Try East Bay and Bismark colors in combination with #7e6f4f, 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 #7e6f4f offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Muskrat. Thus Affair and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Muskrat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Spring Leaves, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #7e6f4f square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta 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. Muskrat tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4f5e7e) and two others. The Como is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ferra – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f7e6f and #7e4f5e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7e6f4f is made of 40% red, 35% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Muskrat has a hue angle of 40.85°, a saturation of 22.93% and a lightness of 40.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7e6f4f is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 18.43% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #7e6f4f
RGB Decimal rgb(126,111,79)
RGB Percentage 40%, 35%, 25%
CMYK 0, 5.88, 18.43, 50.59
HSL hsl(40.85,22.93%,40.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.85,37.3%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.4549,0.8276,19.9917)
XYZ xyz(15.6999,16.369,9.7292)
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