Button Eyes Color

#4f3a32

Button Eyes 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 #b0c5cd
Complementary Color #32464e
Color Shade: warm red (16.55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 25.29% (better contrasting with white)
Button Eyes Color Sample
Button Eyes Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4f3a32

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Button Eyes Color. The Coffee Shop color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Brevity Brown (#715243) for more energetic effect. Try Bison as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#32464e is the best complementary color to Button Eyes. 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 #4f3a32 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 warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Rock are #4e3238 and #4e4832. Thus found on the left and right of #4f3a32 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Woody Brown and Judge Gray colors as they work well with Button Eyes.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Button Eyes palette consists of #32384e and #324e48 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#32464e). Try Oxford Blue and Mineral Green colors in combination with #4f3a32, 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 #4f3a32 offers a combination of mid blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Button Eyes. Thus Martinique and Tom Thumb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Button Eyes contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Limed Spruce, Tom Thumb, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #4f3a32 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. Button Eyes tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#32464e) and two others. The Tom Thumb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Limed Spruce. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #324e3a and #4e3247.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4f3a32 is made of 42% red, 31% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Button Eyes has a hue angle of 16.55°, a saturation of 22.48% and a lightness of 25.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4f3a32 is made of 0% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 11.37% yellow and 69.02% black ink.

HEX #4f3a32
RGB Decimal rgb(79,58,50)
RGB Percentage 42%, 31%, 27%
CMYK 0, 8.23, 11.37, 69.02
HSL hsl(16.55,22.48%,25.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(16.55,36.71%,30.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(26.5018,7.9831,8.5746)
XYZ xyz(5.3132,4.9187,3.687)
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