Mineral Brown Color

#4d3f33

Mineral Brown is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #b2c0cc
Complementary Color #33404d
Color Shade: warm red (27.69° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 25.1% (better contrasting with white)
Mineral Brown Color Sample
Mineral Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4d3f33

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mineral Brown Color. The Tree Bark Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Graveyard Earth (#68553a) for more energetic effect. Try Grand Avenue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#33404d is the best complementary color to Mineral Brown. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4d3f33 complementary color is Oxford Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mondo are #4d3334 and #4d4c33. Thus found on the left and right of #4d3f33 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Woody Brown and Kelp colors as they work well with Mineral Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mineral Brown palette consists of #33334d and #334d4c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#33404d). Try Martinique and Limed Spruce colors in combination with #4d3f33, 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 #4d3f33 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mineral Brown. Thus Martinique and Mineral Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mineral Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oxford Blue, Tom Thumb, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #4d3f33 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Mineral Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#33404d) and two others. The Mineral Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Matterhorn – 120° from the complementary Oxford Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #334d3f and #4d3341.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4d3f33 is made of 40% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Mineral Brown has a hue angle of 27.69°, a saturation of 20.31% and a lightness of 25.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4d3f33 is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 10.2% yellow and 69.8% black ink.

HEX #4d3f33
RGB Decimal rgb(77,63,51)
RGB Percentage 40%, 33%, 27%
CMYK 0, 5.49, 10.2, 69.8
HSL hsl(27.69,20.31%,25.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(27.69,33.77%,30.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(27.7688,3.9785,9.6359)
XYZ xyz(5.4356,5.3718,3.8823)
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