Mama Africa Color

#551111

Mama Africa is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #aee
Complementary Color #105455
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20% (better contrasting with white)
Mama Africa Color Sample
Mama Africa Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #551111

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mama Africa Color. The Prune 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 soft alternative called Crown of Thorns (#771f1f) for more calm effect. Try Blood Pact as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#105455 is the best complementary color to Mama Africa. 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 #511 complementary color is Eden, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #551033 and #553210. Thus found on the left and right of #511 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Loulou and Jambalaya colors as they work well with Mama Africa.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mama Africa palette consists of #103255 and #105533 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#105455). Try Blue Zodiac and Jewel colors in combination with #511, 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 #511 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mama Africa. Thus Blue Zodiac and Parsley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mama Africa contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Eden, Green House, and Jagger split by 90° on the color wheel. #511 square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, mid cyan and warm blue 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. Mama Africa tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#105455) and two others. The Parsley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Loulou – 120° from the complementary Eden. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #105510 and #551054.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #551111 is made of 71% red, 14% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Mama Africa has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 66.67% and a lightness of 20%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #551111 is made of 0% cyan, 26.66% magenta, 26.66% yellow and 66.67% black ink.

HEX #551111
RGB Decimal rgb(85,17,17)
RGB Percentage 71%, 14%, 14%
CMYK 0, 26.66, 26.66, 66.67
HSL hsl(0,66.67%,20%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,80%,33.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(17.3327,30.9345,18.7997)
XYZ xyz(4.0479,2.3727,0.7749)
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