Cotton Flannel Color

#9090a2

Cotton Flannel is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #6f6f5d
Complementary Color #a2a290
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60% (better contrasting with white)
Cotton Flannel Color Sample
Cotton Flannel Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9090a2

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Cotton Flannel Color. The Silver Surfer color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lunar Outpost (#828287) for more calm effect. Try Spun Pearl as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a2a290 is the best complementary color to Cotton Flannel. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9090a2 complementary color is Lemon Grass, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Manatee are #9099a2 and #9990a2. Thus found on the left and right of #9090a2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Regent Gray and Mountain Mist colors as they work well with Cotton Flannel.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cotton Flannel palette consists of #99a290 and #a29990 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a2a290). Try Lemon Grass and Zorba colors in combination with #9090a2, 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 #9090a2 offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cotton Flannel. Thus Envy and Dusty Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cotton Flannel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lemon Grass, Dusty Gray, and Pewter split by 90° on the color wheel. #9090a2 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green 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. Cotton Flannel tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#a2a290) and two others. The Dusty Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Granny Smith – 120° from the complementary Lemon Grass. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a29090 and #90a2a2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9090a2 is made of 32% red, 32% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Cotton Flannel has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 8.82% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9090a2 is made of 7.06% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black ink.

HEX #9090a2
RGB Decimal rgb(144,144,162)
RGB Percentage 32%, 32%, 36%
CMYK 7.06, 7.06, 0, 36.47
HSL hsl(240,8.82%,60%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,11.11%,63.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.3239,3.6962,-9.4711)
XYZ xyz(27.9964,28.4844,38.2049)
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