Brown Knapweed Color

#f485ac

Brown Knapweed is calm, 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 #0b7a53
Complementary Color #85f4cd
Color Shade: red magenta (338.92° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.92% (better contrasting with white)
Brown Knapweed Color Sample
Brown Knapweed Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f485ac

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Brown Knapweed Color. The Nadeshiko Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Pansy (#f75394) for more energetic effect. Try Watermelon Juice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#85f4cd is the best complementary color to Brown Knapweed. 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 #f485ac complementary color is Spray, 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 Persian Pink are #f485e3 and #f49585. Thus found on the left and right of #f485ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lavender Magenta and Froly colors as they work well with Brown Knapweed.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brown Knapweed palette consists of #85e3f4 and #85f495 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#85f4cd). Try Malibu and Mint Green colors in combination with #f485ac, 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 #f485ac 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 Brown Knapweed. Thus Jordy Blue and Sulu giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brown Knapweed contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spray, Mindaro, and Portage split by 90° on the color wheel. #f485ac 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. Brown Knapweed tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#85f4cd) and two others. The Sulu is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heliotrope – 120° from the complementary Spray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #abf485 and #cd85f4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f485ac is made of 44% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Brown Knapweed has a hue angle of 338.92°, a saturation of 83.46% and a lightness of 73.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f485ac is made of 0% cyan, 43.53% magenta, 28.24% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f485ac
RGB Decimal rgb(244,133,172)
RGB Percentage 44%, 24%, 31%
CMYK 0, 43.53, 28.24, 4.31
HSL hsl(338.92,83.46%,73.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(338.92,45.49%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.7416,46.6455,-1.4811)
XYZ xyz(53.1421,38.9867,43.754)
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