Confidence Color

#a98a6b

Confidence is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #567594
Complementary Color #6a89a9
Color Shade: warm red (30° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.12% (better contrasting with white)
Confidence Color Sample
Confidence Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a98a6b

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Confidence Color. The Natural Chamois color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sierra Sand (#afa28f) for more calm effect. Try Nuthatch as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6a89a9 is the best complementary color to Confidence. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a98a6b complementary color is Bermuda Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sandal are #a96a6a and #a8a96a. Thus found on the left and right of #a98a6b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Confidence.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Confidence palette consists of #6a6aa9 and #6aa8a9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a89a9). Try Scampi and Breaker Bay colors in combination with #a98a6b, 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 #a98a6b offers a combination of warm blue and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Confidence. Thus Deluge and Aqua Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Confidence contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Aqua Forest, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a98a6b square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, blue cyan and mid magenta 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. Confidence tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6a89a9) and two others. The Aqua Forest is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Bermuda Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6aa98a and #a96a8a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a98a6b is made of 41% red, 33% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Confidence has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 26.5% and a lightness of 54.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a98a6b is made of 0% cyan, 12.15% magenta, 24.31% yellow and 33.73% black ink.

HEX #a98a6b
RGB Decimal rgb(169,138,107)
RGB Percentage 41%, 33%, 26%
CMYK 0, 12.15, 24.31, 33.73
HSL hsl(30,26.5%,54.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30,36.69%,66.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.5926,7.2758,21.0354)
XYZ xyz(28.1045,27.6735,17.7702)
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