Mid Century Color

#553333

Mid Century is pale, 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 #acc
Complementary Color #335455
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.67% (better contrasting with white)
Mid Century Color Sample
Mid Century Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #553333

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mid Century Color. The Rocky Mountain Red 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 Congo Brown (#654d49) for more calm effect. Try Hornblende as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#335455 is the best complementary color to Mid Century. 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 #533 complementary color is Spectra, 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 #534 and #543. Thus found on the left and right of #533 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Mid Century.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mid Century palette consists of #334355 and #354 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#335455). Try Pickled Bluewood and White colors in combination with #533, 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 #533 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 Mid Century. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mid Century contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spectra, White, and Martinique split by 90° on the color wheel. #533 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. Mid Century tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#335455) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Spectra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #353 and #553354.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #553333 is made of 45% red, 27% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Mid Century has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 25% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #553333 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 66.67% black ink.

HEX #553333
RGB Decimal rgb(85,51,51)
RGB Percentage 45%, 27%, 27%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 13.33, 66.67
HSL hsl(0,25%,26.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,40%,33.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.3757,15.3753,6.4605)
XYZ xyz(5.5277,4.538,3.7165)
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