Mental Floss 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 | #214b3a |
| Complementary Color | #b4decc |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (335.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 78.82% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Mental Floss Color. The Orchid Smoke color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Nefarious Mauve (#e6d1dc) for more calm effect. Try Light Pretty Pale as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b4decc is the best complementary color to Mental Floss. 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 #deb4c5 complementary color is Fringy Flower, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Blossom are #deb4da and #deb8b4. Thus found on the left and right of #deb4c5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Melanie and Cavern Pink colors as they work well with Mental Floss.
The split-complementary Mental Floss palette consists of #b4dade and #b4deb8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b4decc). Try Ziggurat and Moss Green colors in combination with #deb4c5, 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 #deb4c5 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 Mental Floss. Thus Pigeon Post and Sprout giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mental Floss contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fringy Flower, Beryl Green, and Pigeon Post split by 90° on the color wheel. #deb4c5 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. Mental Floss tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#b4decc) and two others. The Sprout is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Prelude – 120° from the complementary Fringy Flower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5deb4 and #ccb4de.
In a RGB color space, hex #deb4c5 is made of 37% red, 30% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Mental Floss has a hue angle of 335.71°, a saturation of 38.89% and a lightness of 78.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #deb4c5 is made of 0% cyan, 16.47% magenta, 9.81% yellow and 12.94% black ink.
| HEX | #deb4c5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(222,180,197) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 30%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 16.47, 9.81, 12.94 |
| HSL | hsl(335.71,38.89%,78.82%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(335.71,18.92%,87.06%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.4023,17.8726,-2.8576) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.5235,52.2033,59.9205) |