Kōrozen Color

#592b1f

Kōrozen is calm, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #a6d4e0
Complementary Color #1e4c59
Color Shade: mid red (12.41° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 23.53% (better contrasting with white)
Kōrozen Color Sample
Kōrozen Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #592b1f

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Kōrozen Color. The Spice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Old Cumin (#784430) for more calm effect. Try Medium Tuscan Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1e4c59 is the best complementary color to Kōrozen. 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 #592b1f complementary color is Blue Dianne, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Irish Coffee are #591e2f and #59481e. Thus found on the left and right of #592b1f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wine Berry and Metallic Bronze colors as they work well with Kōrozen.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kōrozen palette consists of #1e2f59 and #1e5948 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1e4c59). Try Cello and Green Pea colors in combination with #592b1f, 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 #592b1f offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Kōrozen. Thus Valhalla and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kōrozen contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Dianne, Parsley, and Grape split by 90° on the color wheel. #592b1f square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid 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. Kōrozen tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#1e4c59) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Blue Dianne. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1e592b and #591e4c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #592b1f is made of 55% red, 26% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Kōrozen has a hue angle of 12.41°, a saturation of 48.33% and a lightness of 23.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #592b1f is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 22.74% yellow and 65.1% black ink.

HEX #592b1f
RGB Decimal rgb(89,43,31)
RGB Percentage 55%, 26%, 19%
CMYK 0, 18.04, 22.74, 65.1
HSL hsl(12.41,48.33%,23.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(12.41,65.17%,34.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(23.5072,19.8996,17.3266)
XYZ xyz(5.231,3.9505,1.7831)
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