Brown Pepper Color

#4e403b

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

Inverse Color #b1bfc4
Complementary Color #3b494e
Color Shade: warm red (15.79° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.86% (better contrasting with white)
Brown Pepper Color Sample
Brown Pepper Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4e403b

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Brown Pepper Color. The Zinc Grey 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 Mayan Red (#6c4a43) for more energetic effect. Try Caramelized Walnut as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3b494e is the best complementary color to Brown Pepper. 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 #4e403b complementary color is Limed Spruce, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Taupe are #4e3b3f and #4e493b. Thus found on the left and right of #4e403b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Matterhorn and Armadillo colors as they work well with Brown Pepper.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brown Pepper palette consists of #3b3f4e and #3b4e49 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3b494e). Try Bright Gray and Mineral Green colors in combination with #4e403b, 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 #4e403b 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 Brown Pepper. Thus Gun Powder and Lunar Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brown Pepper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Limed Spruce, Cabbage Pont, and Mortar split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e403b square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool 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 Pepper tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3b494e) and two others. The Lunar Green 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 #3b4e40 and #4e3b49.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4e403b is made of 39% red, 32% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Brown Pepper has a hue angle of 15.79°, a saturation of 13.87% and a lightness of 26.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e403b is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 69.41% black ink.

HEX #4e403b
RGB Decimal rgb(78,64,59)
RGB Percentage 39%, 32%, 29%
CMYK 0, 5.49, 7.45, 69.41
HSL hsl(15.79,13.87%,26.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.79,24.36%,30.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.386,5.13,5.315)
XYZ xyz(5.7647,5.6023,4.9152)
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