Heritage Taffeta Color

#956f7b

Heritage Taffeta is pale, 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 #6a9084
Complementary Color #6f9488
Color Shade: red magenta (341.05° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.98% (better contrasting with white)
Heritage Taffeta Color Sample
Heritage Taffeta Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #956f7b

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Heritage Taffeta Color. The Aged Wine color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Gothic Purple (#92838a) for more calm effect. Try Quail as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6f9488 is the best complementary color to Heritage Taffeta. 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 #956f7b complementary color is Juniper, 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 Bazaar are #946f8d and #94756f. Thus found on the left and right of #956f7b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountbatten Pink and Hemp colors as they work well with Heritage Taffeta.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heritage Taffeta palette consists of #6f8e94 and #6f9475 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f9488). Try Juniper and Laurel colors in combination with #956f7b, 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 #956f7b 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 Heritage Taffeta. Thus Slate Gray and Battleship Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heritage Taffeta contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Avocado, and Waterloo split by 90° on the color wheel. #956f7b 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. Heritage Taffeta tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#6f9488) and two others. The Battleship Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7b946f and #886f94.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #956f7b is made of 39% red, 29% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Heritage Taffeta has a hue angle of 341.05°, a saturation of 15.2% and a lightness of 50.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #956f7b is made of 0% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 10.19% yellow and 41.57% black ink.

HEX #956f7b
RGB Decimal rgb(149,111,123)
RGB Percentage 39%, 29%, 32%
CMYK 0, 14.9, 10.19, 41.57
HSL hsl(341.05,15.2%,50.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(341.05,25.5%,58.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.907,16.9849,-0.7467)
XYZ xyz(21.654,19.1885,21.3014)
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