Cactus Flower Color

#a83e6c

Cactus Flower is soft, 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 #57c193
Complementary Color #3ea879
Color Shade: red magenta (333.96° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.1% (better contrasting with white)
Cactus Flower Color Sample
Cactus Flower Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a83e6c

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Cactus Flower Color. The Pleasure color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Scarlet Apple (#922e4a) for more energetic effect. Try Mulberry Yogurt as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3ea879 is the best complementary color to Cactus Flower. 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 #a83e6c complementary color is Ocean Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Rouge are #a83ea0 and #a8443e. Thus found on the left and right of #a83e6c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Medium Red Violet and Apple Blossom colors as they work well with Cactus Flower.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cactus Flower palette consists of #3ea1a8 and #3ea845 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3ea879). Try Keppel and Apple colors in combination with #a83e6c, 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 #a83e6c 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 Cactus Flower. Thus San Marino and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cactus Flower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ocean Green, Sushi, and Gigas split by 90° on the color wheel. #a83e6c square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Cactus Flower tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#3ea879) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Purple – 120° from the complementary Ocean Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6ba83e and #793ea8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a83e6c is made of 50% red, 18% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Cactus Flower has a hue angle of 333.96°, a saturation of 46.09% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a83e6c is made of 0% cyan, 41.57% magenta, 23.53% yellow and 34.12% black ink.

HEX #a83e6c
RGB Decimal rgb(168,62,108)
RGB Percentage 50%, 18%, 32%
CMYK 0, 41.57, 23.53, 34.12
HSL hsl(333.96,46.09%,45.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(333.96,63.1%,65.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.5406,47.902,-3.6843)
XYZ xyz(20.5778,12.8528,15.5836)
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