Fortitude is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, mid magenta or warm cyan
Inverse Color | #393a3e |
Complementary Color | #c1c2c5 |
Color Shade: | warm yellow (48° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 76.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Fortitude Color. The Melmac Silver color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Camping Tent (#b6afa0) for more energetic effect. Try Canadian Voodoo Grey as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#c1c2c5 is the best complementary color to Fortitude. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c6c5c1 complementary color is French Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm yellow, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gray Nickel are #c5c2c1 and #c4c5c1. Thus found on the left and right of #c6c5c1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver and Gray Nickel colors as they work well with Fortitude.
The split-complementary Fortitude palette consists of #c2c1c5 and #c1c4c5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c1c2c5). Try French Gray and Silver Sand colors in combination with #c6c5c1, 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 #c6c5c1 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fortitude. Thus French Gray and Powder Ash giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Fortitude contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Gray, Pumice, and Pale Slate split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6c5c1 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, mid green, cool blue and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Fortitude tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#c1c2c5) and two others. The Powder Ash is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Slate – 120° from the complementary French Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c1c5c4 and #c5c1c2.
In a RGB color space, hex #c6c5c1 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Fortitude has a hue angle of 48°, a saturation of 4.2% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6c5c1 is made of 0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 22.35% black ink.
HEX | #c6c5c1 |
RGB Decimal | rgb(198,197,193) |
RGB Percentage | 34%, 34%, 33% |
CMYK | 0, 0.4, 1.96, 22.35 |
HSL | hsl(48,4.2%,76.67%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(48,2.53%,77.65%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(79.4933,-0.3748,2.115) |
XYZ | xyz(52.8806,55.7885,58.4332) |