English Breakfast Color

#441111

English Breakfast 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 #bee
Complementary Color #104344
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 16.67% (better contrasting with white)
English Breakfast Color Sample
English Breakfast Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #441111

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to English Breakfast Color. The Moccaccino color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Mama Africa (#551111) for more energetic effect. Try Red Oxide as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#104344 is the best complementary color to English Breakfast. 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 #411 complementary color is Elephant, 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 White are #44102a and #442a10. Thus found on the left and right of #411 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heath and Deep Oak colors as they work well with English Breakfast.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary English Breakfast palette consists of #102a44 and #10442a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#104344). Try Elephant and Parsley colors in combination with #411, 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 #411 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 English Breakfast. Thus Bunting and Parsley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of English Breakfast contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Elephant, Clover, and Valentino split by 90° on the color wheel. #411 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. English Breakfast tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#104344) and two others. The Parsley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Loulou – 120° from the complementary Elephant. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #104410 and #441043.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #441111 is made of 67% red, 17% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode English Breakfast has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 16.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #441111 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 20% yellow and 73.33% black ink.

HEX #441111
RGB Decimal rgb(68,17,17)
RGB Percentage 67%, 17%, 17%
CMYK 0, 20, 20, 73.33
HSL hsl(0,60%,16.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,75%,26.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(13.6522,24.4771,13.3661)
XYZ xyz(2.6855,1.6703,0.7112)
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