Brown Beauty Color

#4a3832

Brown Beauty 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 #b5c7cd
Complementary Color #32444a
Color Shade: mid red (15° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 24.31% (better contrasting with white)
Brown Beauty Color Sample
Brown Beauty Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4a3832

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Brown Beauty Color. The Mayan Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sunken Ship (#6b443d) for more energetic effect. Try Plantation Shutters as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#32444a is the best complementary color to Brown Beauty. 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 #4a3832 complementary color is Limed Spruce, 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 Rock are #4a3238 and #4a4432. Thus found on the left and right of #4a3832 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Woody Brown and Taupe colors as they work well with Brown Beauty.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brown Beauty palette consists of #32384a and #324a44 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#32444a). Try Oxford Blue and Mineral Green colors in combination with #4a3832, 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 #4a3832 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 Brown Beauty. Thus Martinique and Tom Thumb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brown Beauty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Limed Spruce, Cabbage Pont, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #4a3832 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. Brown Beauty tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#32444a) and two others. The Tom Thumb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Matterhorn – 120° from the complementary Limed Spruce. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #324a38 and #4a3243.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4a3832 is made of 41% red, 31% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Brown Beauty has a hue angle of 15°, a saturation of 19.35% and a lightness of 24.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4a3832 is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 9.41% yellow and 70.98% black ink.

HEX #4a3832
RGB Decimal rgb(74,56,50)
RGB Percentage 41%, 31%, 28%
CMYK 0, 7.06, 9.41, 70.98
HSL hsl(15,19.35%,24.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15,32.43%,29.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.3042,6.9586,6.8136)
XYZ xyz(4.8139,4.5145,3.6353)
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