Creamed Muscat Color

#8b6962

Creamed Muscat is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #74969d
Complementary Color #62838b
Color Shade: mid red (10.24° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.47% (better contrasting with white)
Creamed Muscat Color Sample
Creamed Muscat Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8b6962

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Creamed Muscat Color. The California Dreamin' color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Revere Greige (#8a7c75) for more calm effect. Try Cherokee Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#62838b is the best complementary color to Creamed Muscat. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8b6962 complementary color is Juniper, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cement are #8b626f and #8b7d62. Thus found on the left and right of #8b6962 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Falcon and Clay Creek colors as they work well with Creamed Muscat.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Creamed Muscat palette consists of #626f8b and #628b7d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#62838b). Try Lynch and Viridian Green colors in combination with #8b6962, 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 #8b6962 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Creamed Muscat. Thus Rum and Glade Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Creamed Muscat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Highland, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b6962 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Creamed Muscat tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#62838b) and two others. The Glade Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Strikemaster – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #628b69 and #8b6283.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8b6962 is made of 41% red, 31% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Creamed Muscat has a hue angle of 10.24°, a saturation of 17.3% and a lightness of 46.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b6962 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 16.08% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #8b6962
RGB Decimal rgb(139,105,98)
RGB Percentage 41%, 31%, 29%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 16.08, 45.49
HSL hsl(10.24,17.3%,46.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(10.24,29.5%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.5903,12.5226,9.1969)
XYZ xyz(17.9036,16.474,13.7914)
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