Garden Snail Color

#cdb1ab

Garden Snail is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #324e54
Complementary Color #abc7cd
Color Shade: mid red (10.59° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.73% (better contrasting with white)
Garden Snail Color Sample
Garden Snail Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cdb1ab

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Garden Snail Color. The Pressed Blossoms color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Subpoena (#d8ccc6) for more calm effect. Try Mutabilis as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#abc7cd is the best complementary color to Garden Snail. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cdb1ab complementary color is Jungle Mist, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Clam Shell are #cdabb6 and #cdc2ab. Thus found on the left and right of #cdb1ab on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lily and Soft Amber colors as they work well with Garden Snail.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Garden Snail palette consists of #abb6cd and #abcdc2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#abc7cd). Try Casper and Jet Stream colors in combination with #cdb1ab, 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 #cdb1ab offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Garden Snail. Thus Logan and Spring Rain giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Garden Snail contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jungle Mist, Rainee, and London Hue split by 90° on the color wheel. #cdb1ab square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Garden Snail tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#abc7cd) and two others. The Spring Rain is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lily – 120° from the complementary Jungle Mist. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #abcdb1 and #cdabc6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cdb1ab is made of 37% red, 32% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Garden Snail has a hue angle of 10.59°, a saturation of 25.37% and a lightness of 73.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cdb1ab is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 19.61% black ink.

HEX #cdb1ab
RGB Decimal rgb(205,177,171)
RGB Percentage 37%, 32%, 31%
CMYK 0, 10.98, 13.33, 19.61
HSL hsl(10.59,25.37%,73.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(10.59,16.59%,80.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.4218,9.1122,6.7842)
XYZ xyz(48.2497,47.3637,45.1272)
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