Wild Cattail Color

#916d5d

Wild Cattail is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #6e92a2
Complementary Color #5c8191
Color Shade: warm red (18.46° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Wild Cattail Color Sample
Wild Cattail Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #916d5d

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Wild Cattail Color. The Earthnut color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pigeon Pink (#9d857f) for more calm effect. Try Deer God as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c8191 is the best complementary color to Wild Cattail. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #916d5d complementary color is Smalt Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Beaver are #915c66 and #91875c. Thus found on the left and right of #916d5d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Au Chico and Clay Creek colors as they work well with Wild Cattail.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wild Cattail palette consists of #5c6691 and #5c9187 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c8191). Try Waikawa Gray and Patina colors in combination with #916d5d, 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 #916d5d offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Wild Cattail. Thus Kimberly and Spring Leaves giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wild Cattail contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Smalt Blue, Highland, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #916d5d square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Wild Cattail tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5c8191) and two others. The Spring Leaves is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Strikemaster – 120° from the complementary Smalt Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5c916c and #915c81.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #916d5d is made of 42% red, 31% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Wild Cattail has a hue angle of 18.46°, a saturation of 21.85% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #916d5d is made of 0% cyan, 14.11% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 43.14% black ink.

HEX #916d5d
RGB Decimal rgb(145,109,93)
RGB Percentage 42%, 31%, 27%
CMYK 0, 14.11, 20.39, 43.14
HSL hsl(18.46,21.85%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(18.46,35.86%,56.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.1882,11.9917,14.4861)
XYZ xyz(19.1215,17.7473,12.7737)
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