Rock Color

#5a4d41

Rock 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 #a5b2be
Complementary Color #414e5a
Color Shade: warm red (28.8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.39% (better contrasting with white)
Rock Color Sample
Rock Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5a4d41

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rock Color. The Folk Guitar 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 soft alternative called Brainstorm Bronze (#74685a) for more calm effect. Try Tree Swing as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#414e5a is the best complementary color to Rock. 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 #5a4d41 complementary color is River Bed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Kabul are #5a4141 and #5a5941. Thus found on the left and right of #5a4d41 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kabul and Finch colors as they work well with Rock.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rock palette consists of #41415a and #415a59 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#414e5a). Try Gun Powder and Mineral Green colors in combination with #5a4d41, 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 #5a4d41 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rock. Thus Mulled Wine and Mineral Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rock contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Gray Asparagus, and Mortar split by 90° on the color wheel. #5a4d41 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. Rock tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#414e5a) and two others. The Mineral Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary River Bed. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #415a4d and #5a414d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5a4d41 is made of 39% red, 33% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Rock has a hue angle of 28.8°, a saturation of 16.13% and a lightness of 30.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5a4d41 is made of 0% cyan, 5.09% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 64.71% black ink.

HEX #5a4d41
RGB Decimal rgb(90,77,65)
RGB Percentage 39%, 33%, 28%
CMYK 0, 5.09, 9.8, 64.71
HSL hsl(28.8,16.13%,30.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28.8,27.78%,35.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.6961,3.3009,9.1284)
XYZ xyz(7.8245,7.8631,6.1064)
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