Upper Crust is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green
| Inverse Color | #5c8a74 |
| Complementary Color | #74a38d |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (331.3° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 54.9% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Upper Crust Color. The Rose Wine color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Art Nouveau Violet (#a08994) for more calm effect. Try Grape Nectar as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#74a38d is the best complementary color to Upper Crust. 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 #a3758b complementary color is Oxley, 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 Mountbatten Pink are #a374a1 and #a37674. Thus found on the left and right of #a3758b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bouquet and Pharlap colors as they work well with Upper Crust.
The split-complementary Upper Crust palette consists of #74a1a3 and #74a376 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#74a38d). Try Gumbo and Amulet colors in combination with #a3758b, 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 #a3758b 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 Upper Crust. Thus Bermuda Gray and Battleship Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Upper Crust contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oxley, Gurkha, and Kimberly split by 90° on the color wheel. #a3758b square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Upper Crust tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#74a38d) and two others. The Battleship Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Oxley. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8aa374 and #8d74a3.
In a RGB color space, hex #a3758b is made of 39% red, 28% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Upper Crust has a hue angle of 331.3°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 54.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a3758b is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 9.41% yellow and 36.08% black ink.
| HEX | #a3758b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(163,117,139) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 28%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 18.04, 9.41, 36.08 |
| HSL | hsl(331.3,20%,54.9%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(331.3,28.22%,63.92%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.4207,21.5597,-4.8032) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.1257,22.3732,27.3676) |