Texas Hills Color

#c9926e

Texas Hills is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #366d91
Complementary Color #6ea4c9
Color Shade: warm red (23.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.98% (better contrasting with white)
Texas Hills Color Sample
Texas Hills Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c9926e

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Texas Hills Color. The Warm Terra Cotta color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cinnamon Frost (#d3b191) for more calm effect. Try Outlawed Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6ea4c9 is the best complementary color to Texas Hills. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c9926e complementary color is Danube, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Antique Brass are #c96e77 and #c9bf6e. Thus found on the left and right of #c9926e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Laser colors as they work well with Texas Hills.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Texas Hills palette consists of #6e77c9 and #6ec9bf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6ea4c9). Try Blue Marguerite and Downy colors in combination with #c9926e, 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 #c9926e offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Texas Hills. Thus Amethyst and De York giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Texas Hills contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Danube, Mantis, and Amethyst split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9926e square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Texas Hills tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6ea4c9) and two others. The De York is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hopbush – 120° from the complementary Danube. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6ec992 and #c96ea4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c9926e is made of 44% red, 32% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Texas Hills has a hue angle of 23.74°, a saturation of 45.73% and a lightness of 60.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c9926e is made of 0% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 35.68% yellow and 21.18% black ink.

HEX #c9926e
RGB Decimal rgb(201,146,110)
RGB Percentage 44%, 32%, 24%
CMYK 0, 21.57, 35.68, 21.18
HSL hsl(23.74,45.73%,60.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(23.74,45.27%,78.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.0427,16.3541,27.2374)
XYZ xyz(37.1808,34.1011,19.3744)
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