Carnation Festival Color

#915870

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

Inverse Color #6ea78f
Complementary Color #589178
Color Shade: red magenta (334.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.69% (better contrasting with white)
Carnation Festival Color Sample
Carnation Festival Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #915870

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Carnation Festival Color. The Dark Olive Paste color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Heather Rose (#ad6d7f) for more energetic effect. Try Dynamic as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#589178 is the best complementary color to Carnation Festival. 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 #915870 complementary color is Spring Leaves, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Au Chico are #91588c and #915c58. Thus found on the left and right of #915870 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Strikemaster and Au Chico colors as they work well with Carnation Festival.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Carnation Festival palette consists of #588c91 and #58915c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#589178). Try Smalt Blue and Spring Leaves colors in combination with #915870, 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 #915870 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Carnation Festival. Thus Waikawa Gray and Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Carnation Festival contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Leaves, Avocado, and Scampi split by 90° on the color wheel. #915870 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid 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. Carnation Festival tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#589178) and two others. The Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Spring Leaves. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #709158 and #785891.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #915870 is made of 42% red, 26% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Carnation Festival has a hue angle of 334.74°, a saturation of 24.46% and a lightness of 45.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #915870 is made of 0% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 43.14% black ink.

HEX #915870
RGB Decimal rgb(145,88,112)
RGB Percentage 42%, 26%, 32%
CMYK 0, 22.35, 12.94, 43.14
HSL hsl(334.74,24.46%,45.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(334.74,39.31%,56.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.4744,26.9516,-3.6612)
XYZ xyz(18.0914,14.169,17.1106)
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