Cabernet Color

#8e5b68

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

Inverse Color #71a497
Complementary Color #5b8e81
Color Shade: red magenta (344.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.69% (better contrasting with white)
Cabernet Color Sample
Cabernet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e5b68

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Cabernet Color. The Crushed Raspberry color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Formal Maroon (#70474b) for more energetic effect. Try Dusk Wine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5b8e81 is the best complementary color to Cabernet. 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 #8e5b68 complementary color is Patina, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Au Chico are #8e5b81 and #8e675b. Thus found on the left and right of #8e5b68 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Strikemaster and Beaver colors as they work well with Cabernet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cabernet palette consists of #5b818e and #5b8e67 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b8e81). Try Smalt Blue and Spring Leaves colors in combination with #8e5b68, 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 #8e5b68 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 Cabernet. Thus Waikawa Gray and Highland giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cabernet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Patina, Avocado, and Kimberly split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e5b68 square combo is a palette of red magenta, cool 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. Cabernet tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#5b8e81) and two others. The Highland is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Patina. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #678e5b and #815b8e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e5b68 is made of 42% red, 27% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Cabernet has a hue angle of 344.71°, a saturation of 21.89% and a lightness of 45.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e5b68 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 14.91% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e5b68
RGB Decimal rgb(142,91,104)
RGB Percentage 42%, 27%, 31%
CMYK 0, 20, 14.91, 44.31
HSL hsl(344.71,21.89%,45.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(344.71,35.92%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.5644,22.8251,1.2956)
XYZ xyz(17.3951,14.2324,14.927)
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