Porcupine Needles Color

#917a75

Porcupine Needles 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 #6e858a
Complementary Color #748b91
Color Shade: mid red (10.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.37% (better contrasting with white)
Porcupine Needles Color Sample
Porcupine Needles Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #917a75

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Porcupine Needles Color. The Mani color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Hot Cocoa (#806257) for more energetic effect. Try Eagle Eye as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#748b91 is the best complementary color to Porcupine Needles. 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 #917a75 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 Hemp are #91747d and #918874. Thus found on the left and right of #917a75 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bazaar and Stonewall colors as they work well with Porcupine Needles.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Porcupine Needles palette consists of #747d91 and #749188 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#748b91). Try Slate Gray and Blue Smoke colors in combination with #917a75, 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 #917a75 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 Porcupine Needles. Thus Waterloo and Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Porcupine Needles contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Battleship Gray, and Mobster split by 90° on the color wheel. #917a75 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. Porcupine Needles tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#748b91) and two others. The Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #749179 and #91748b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #917a75 is made of 38% red, 32% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Porcupine Needles has a hue angle of 10.71°, a saturation of 11.29% and a lightness of 51.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #917a75 is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 43.14% black ink.

HEX #917a75
RGB Decimal rgb(145,122,117)
RGB Percentage 38%, 32%, 30%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 10.98, 43.14
HSL hsl(10.71,11.29%,51.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(10.71,19.31%,56.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.1929,8.0388,6.0373)
XYZ xyz(21.8475,21.2232,19.7746)
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