Fauna Color

#c59daa

Fauna 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 #3a6255
Complementary Color #9dc4b8
Color Shade: red magenta (340.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.41% (better contrasting with white)
Fauna Color Sample
Fauna Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c59daa

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Fauna Color. The Heather Violet 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 soft alternative called Mauve Orchid (#b58299) for more calm effect. Try Frosted Sugar as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9dc4b8 is the best complementary color to Fauna. 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 #c59daa complementary color is Shadow 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 Lily are #c49dbd and #c4a49d. Thus found on the left and right of #c59daa on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lilac and Quicksand colors as they work well with Fauna.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fauna palette consists of #9dbdc4 and #9dc4a4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9dc4b8). Try Shadow Green and Spring Rain colors in combination with #c59daa, 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 #c59daa 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 Fauna. Thus Rock Blue and Norway giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fauna contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow Green, Thistle Green, and Logan split by 90° on the color wheel. #c59daa 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. Fauna tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#9dc4b8) and two others. The Norway is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and London Hue – 120° from the complementary Shadow Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a9c49d and #b89dc4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c59daa is made of 38% red, 30% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Fauna has a hue angle of 340.5°, a saturation of 25.64% and a lightness of 69.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c59daa is made of 0% cyan, 15.68% magenta, 10.58% yellow and 22.75% black ink.

HEX #c59daa
RGB Decimal rgb(197,157,170)
RGB Percentage 38%, 30%, 32%
CMYK 0, 15.68, 10.58, 22.75
HSL hsl(340.5,25.64%,69.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(340.5,20.3%,77.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.669,16.9062,-1.0993)
XYZ xyz(42.3386,38.8865,43.3046)
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