Mourning Dove Color

#94908b

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

Inverse Color #6b6f74
Complementary Color #8b8f94
Color Shade: orange (33.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.27% (better contrasting with white)
Mourning Dove Color Sample
Mourning Dove Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #94908b

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mourning Dove Color. The Clay Bath color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Squirrel (#8f7d6b) for more energetic effect. Try Native Soil as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8b8f94 is the best complementary color to Mourning Dove. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #94908b complementary color is Oslo Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Natural Gray are #948b8b and #93948b. Thus found on the left and right of #94908b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hurricane and Lemon Grass colors as they work well with Mourning Dove.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mourning Dove palette consists of #8b8b94 and #8b9394 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b8f94). Try Manatee and Oslo Gray colors in combination with #94908b, 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 #94908b offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mourning Dove. Thus Mountain Mist and Mantle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mourning Dove contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oslo Gray, Stack, and Venus split by 90° on the color wheel. #94908b square combo is a palette of orange, warm green, blue cyan and mid 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. Mourning Dove tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8b8f94) and two others. The Mantle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Venus – 120° from the complementary Oslo Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b9490 and #948b8f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #94908b is made of 34% red, 33% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Mourning Dove has a hue angle of 33.33°, a saturation of 4.04% and a lightness of 56.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #94908b is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 41.96% black ink.

HEX #94908b
RGB Decimal rgb(148,144,139)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 32%
CMYK 0, 1.57, 3.53, 41.96
HSL hsl(33.33,4.04%,56.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.33,6.08%,58.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.9848,0.5378,3.1681)
XYZ xyz(26.8462,28.1065,28.4362)
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