Brilliant Licorice Color

#545454

Brilliant Licorice is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, mid red or mid red

Inverse Color #ababab
Complementary Color #545454
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.94% (better contrasting with white)
Brilliant Licorice Color Sample
Brilliant Licorice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #545454

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Brilliant Licorice Color. The Browse Brown 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 Zambezi (#6b5a5a) for more energetic effect. Try Eclipse as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#545454 is the best complementary color to Brilliant Licorice. Mid red shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #545454 complementary color is Emperor, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, mid red, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Emperor are #545454 and #545454. Thus found on the left and right of #545454 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Emperor and Emperor colors as they work well with Brilliant Licorice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brilliant Licorice palette consists of #545454 and #545454 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#545454). Try Emperor and Emperor colors in combination with #545454, 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 #545454 offers a combination of mid red and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Brilliant Licorice. Thus Emperor and Emperor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brilliant Licorice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Emperor, Emperor, and Emperor split by 90° on the color wheel. #545454 square combo is a palette of mid red, mid red, mid red and mid red 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. Brilliant Licorice tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#545454) and two others. The Emperor is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emperor – 120° from the complementary Emperor. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #545454 and #545454.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #545454 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Brilliant Licorice has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 0% and a lightness of 32.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #545454 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 67.06% black ink.

HEX #545454
RGB Decimal rgb(84,84,84)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 0, 0, 67.06
HSL hsl(0,0%,32.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,0%,32.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.7241,0.0023,-0.0046)
XYZ xyz(8.4267,8.8656,9.6546)

#545454 Pair Colors

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