Mission Wildflower Color

#9e5566

Mission Wildflower is calm, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #61aa99
Complementary Color #549e8c
Color Shade: cool red (346.03° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.65% (better contrasting with white)
Mission Wildflower Color Sample
Mission Wildflower Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9e5566

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mission Wildflower Color. The Rose Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Casandra (#7c4549) for more calm effect. Try Creamed Raspberry as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#549e8c is the best complementary color to Mission Wildflower. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9e5566 complementary color is Breaker Bay, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Au Chico are #9e548a and #9e6854. Thus found on the left and right of #9e5566 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tapestry and Leather colors as they work well with Mission Wildflower.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mission Wildflower palette consists of #548a9e and #549e68 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#549e8c). Try Horizon and Fruit Salad colors in combination with #9e5566, 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 #9e5566 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mission Wildflower. Thus Waikawa Gray and Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mission Wildflower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Breaker Bay, Asparagus, and Butterfly Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #9e5566 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm 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. Mission Wildflower tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#549e8c) and two others. The Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Breaker Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #669e54 and #8c549e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9e5566 is made of 46% red, 25% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Mission Wildflower has a hue angle of 346.03°, a saturation of 30.04% and a lightness of 47.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9e5566 is made of 0% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #9e5566
RGB Decimal rgb(158,85,102)
RGB Percentage 46%, 25%, 30%
CMYK 0, 28.63, 21.96, 38.04
HSL hsl(346.03,30.04%,47.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(346.03,46.2%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.2558,32.1039,3.7822)
XYZ xyz(19.7473,14.7254,14.3719)
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