Dark Sienna Color

#3c1414

Dark Sienna is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #c3ebeb
Complementary Color #143b3c
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 15.69% (better contrasting with white)
Dark Sienna Color Sample
Dark Sienna Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3c1414

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Sienna Color. The Tobi Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Black Is Beautiful (#552222) for more calm effect. Try Caput Mortuum as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#143b3c is the best complementary color to Dark Sienna. 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 #3c1414 complementary color is Firefly, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cedar are #3c1428 and #3c2814. Thus found on the left and right of #3c1414 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wine Berry and Cedar colors as they work well with Dark Sienna.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dark Sienna palette consists of #14273c and #143c28 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#143b3c). Try Big Stone and Bush colors in combination with #3c1414, 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 #3c1414 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dark Sienna. Thus Haiti and Seaweed giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dark Sienna contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Firefly, Seaweed, and Haiti split by 90° on the color wheel. #3c1414 square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, mid cyan and warm 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. Dark Sienna tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#143b3c) and two others. The Seaweed is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wine Berry – 120° from the complementary Firefly. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #143c14 and #3c143b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3c1414 is made of 60% red, 20% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Sienna has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 15.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3c1414 is made of 0% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 15.69% yellow and 76.47% black ink.

HEX #3c1414
RGB Decimal rgb(60,20,20)
RGB Percentage 60%, 20%, 20%
CMYK 0, 15.69, 15.69, 76.47
HSL hsl(0,50%,15.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,66.67%,23.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(12.6808,19.7265,9.9129)
XYZ xyz(2.2399,1.5115,0.8355)
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