Chateau Brown Color

#5b4b44

Chateau Brown 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 #a4b4bb
Complementary Color #44545b
Color Shade: warm red (18.26° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 31.18% (better contrasting with white)
Chateau Brown Color Sample
Chateau Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5b4b44

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chateau Brown Color. The Melted Chocolate 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 saturated alternative called Secret Journal (#7c6055) for more energetic effect. Try Mountain Ridge as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#44545b is the best complementary color to Chateau Brown. 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 #5b4b44 complementary color is River Bed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Kabul are #5b4448 and #5b5644. Thus found on the left and right of #5b4b44 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Don Juan and Finch colors as they work well with Chateau Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chateau Brown palette consists of #44485b and #445b56 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#44545b). Try Gun Powder and Mineral Green colors in combination with #5b4b44, 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 #5b4b44 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 Chateau Brown. Thus Mulled Wine and Nandor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chateau Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Gray Asparagus, and Mortar split by 90° on the color wheel. #5b4b44 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. Chateau Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#44545b) and two others. The Nandor 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 #445b4b and #5b4454.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5b4b44 is made of 39% red, 32% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Chateau Brown has a hue angle of 18.26°, a saturation of 14.47% and a lightness of 31.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5b4b44 is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 9.02% yellow and 64.31% black ink.

HEX #5b4b44
RGB Decimal rgb(91,75,68)
RGB Percentage 39%, 32%, 29%
CMYK 0, 6.28, 9.02, 64.31
HSL hsl(18.26,14.47%,31.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(18.26,25.27%,35.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.2938,5.4916,6.6838)
XYZ xyz(7.8738,7.6737,6.535)
;