Merlin's Choice is pale, 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 | #607767 |
| Complementary Color | #879f8f |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (318.26° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 57.84% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Merlin's Choice Color. The Taupe Grey color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Port Wine Red (#85707c) for more calm effect. Try Gull as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#879f8f is the best complementary color to Merlin's Choice. 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 #9f8898 complementary color is Mantle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mountbatten Pink are #9a879f and #9f878c. Thus found on the left and right of #9f8898 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mamba and Bazaar colors as they work well with Merlin's Choice.
The split-complementary Merlin's Choice palette consists of #879f9a and #8c9f87 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#879f8f). Try Granny Smith and Envy colors in combination with #9f8898, 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 #9f8898 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 Merlin's Choice. Thus Regent Gray and Sage giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Merlin's Choice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mantle, Tallow, and Manatee split by 90° on the color wheel. #9f8898 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Merlin's Choice tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#879f8f) and two others. The Sage 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 #979f87 and #8e879f.
In a RGB color space, hex #9f8898 is made of 36% red, 30% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Merlin's Choice has a hue angle of 318.26°, a saturation of 10.7% and a lightness of 57.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9f8898 is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 37.65% black ink.
| HEX | #9f8898 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(159,136,152) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 30%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 9.02, 2.74, 37.65 |
| HSL | hsl(318.26,10.7%,57.84%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(318.26,14.47%,62.35%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.2016,11.5691,-5.2909) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.7697,27.2462,33.4485) |