Deep South 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 | #4b6760 |
| Complementary Color | #98b4ad |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (345° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 65.1% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Deep South Color. The Candlelight Dinner color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Noble Lilac (#b28392) for more energetic effect. Try Blossom Powder as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#98b4ad is the best complementary color to Deep South. 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 #b4989f complementary color is Summer Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Thatch are #b498ac and #b49f98. Thus found on the left and right of #b4989f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bouquet and Thatch colors as they work well with Deep South.
The split-complementary Deep South palette consists of #98adb4 and #98b49f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#98b4ad). Try Gull Gray and Summer Green colors in combination with #b4989f, 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 #b4989f 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 Deep South. Thus Santas Gray and Norway giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Deep South contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Summer Green, Schist, and Amethyst Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #b4989f 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. Deep South tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#98b4ad) and two others. The Norway is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amethyst Smoke – 120° from the complementary Summer Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9fb498 and #ad98b4.
In a RGB color space, hex #b4989f is made of 37% red, 31% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Deep South has a hue angle of 345°, a saturation of 15.73% and a lightness of 65.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b4989f is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 8.24% yellow and 29.41% black ink.
| HEX | #b4989f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(180,152,159) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 31%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 10.98, 8.24, 29.41 |
| HSL | hsl(345,15.73%,65.1%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(345,15.56%,70.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.4854,11.5641,0.2041) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.3086,34.663,37.5778) |