Baton Rouge Color

#973c6c

Baton Rouge is soft, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #68c393
Complementary Color #3c9667
Color Shade: warm magenta (328.35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.37% (better contrasting with white)
Baton Rouge Color Sample
Baton Rouge Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #973c6c

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Baton Rouge Color. The Signal Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Guppy Violet (#ae5883) for more calm effect. Try Brilliant Carmine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3c9667 is the best complementary color to Baton Rouge. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #973c6c complementary color is Chateau Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Vin Rouge are #943c96 and #963c3e. Thus found on the left and right of #973c6c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vivid Violet and Sanguine Brown colors as they work well with Baton Rouge.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Baton Rouge palette consists of #3c9694 and #3e963c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3c9667). Try Paradiso and Apple colors in combination with #973c6c, 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 #973c6c offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Baton Rouge. Thus Calypso and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Baton Rouge contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chateau Green, Sycamore, and Gigas split by 90° on the color wheel. #973c6c square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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. Baton Rouge tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#3c9667) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Purple – 120° from the complementary Chateau Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c963c and #663c96.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #973c6c is made of 47% red, 19% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Baton Rouge has a hue angle of 328.35°, a saturation of 43.13% and a lightness of 41.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #973c6c is made of 0% cyan, 35.69% magenta, 16.87% yellow and 40.78% black ink.

HEX #973c6c
RGB Decimal rgb(151,60,108)
RGB Percentage 47%, 19%, 34%
CMYK 0, 35.69, 16.87, 40.78
HSL hsl(328.35,43.13%,41.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(328.35,60.26%,59.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.4009,43.3854,-8.6615)
XYZ xyz(17.0851,10.8937,15.3896)
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