Artist's Shadow is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, cool blue or yellow green
| Inverse Color | #5e6964 |
| Complementary Color | #96a19c |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (332.73° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 60.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Artist's Shadow Color. The Ganymede color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Shadow Dance (#877d83) for more calm effect. Try Chert as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#96a19c is the best complementary color to Artist's Shadow. 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 #a1969b complementary color is Pewter, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dusty Gray are #a196a0 and #a19696. Thus found on the left and right of #a1969b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shady Lady and Dusty Gray colors as they work well with Artist's Shadow.
The split-complementary Artist's Shadow palette consists of #96a0a1 and #96a196 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#96a19c). Try Pewter and Mantle colors in combination with #a1969b, 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 #a1969b 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 Artist's Shadow. Thus Manatee and Lemon Grass giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Artist's Shadow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pewter, Delta, and Manatee split by 90° on the color wheel. #a1969b square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan 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. Artist's Shadow tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#96a19c) and two others. The Lemon Grass is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountain Mist – 120° from the complementary Pewter. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9ba196 and #9c96a1.
In a RGB color space, hex #a1969b is made of 35% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Artist's Shadow has a hue angle of 332.73°, a saturation of 5.53% and a lightness of 60.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a1969b is made of 0% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 2.36% yellow and 36.86% black ink.
| HEX | #a1969b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(161,150,155) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 32%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.32, 2.36, 36.86 |
| HSL | hsl(332.73,5.53%,60.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(332.73,6.83%,63.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.141,4.9651,-1.1755) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.5207,31.7563,35.4786) |