Cut Heather is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow
| Inverse Color | #616f61 |
| Complementary Color | #909e90 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (300° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 59.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Cut Heather Color. The Imagine That color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Grey Ridge (#847986) for more calm effect. Try Iced Tulip as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#909e90 is the best complementary color to Cut Heather. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9e909e complementary color is Mantle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Venus are #97909e and #9e9097. Thus found on the left and right of #9e909e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountain Mist and Dusty Gray colors as they work well with Cut Heather.
The split-complementary Cut Heather palette consists of #909e97 and #979e90 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#909e90). Try Mantle and Lemon Grass colors in combination with #9e909e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #9e909e offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cut Heather. Thus Granny Smith and Lemon Grass giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cut Heather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mantle, Zorba, and Regent Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #9e909e square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cut Heather tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#909e90) and two others. The Lemon Grass is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Manatee – 120° from the complementary Mantle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9e9e90 and #90909e.
In a RGB color space, hex #9e909e is made of 34% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Cut Heather has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 6.73% and a lightness of 59.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9e909e is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black ink.
| HEX | #9e909e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(158,144,158) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 31%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.49, 0, 38.04 |
| HSL | hsl(300,6.73%,59.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300,8.86%,61.96%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.3808,7.82,-5.4973) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.2454,29.6842,36.4833) |