Piano Brown is pale, 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 | #a3b3b5 |
| Complementary Color | #4a595c |
| Color Shade: | mid red (6.67° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 32.55% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Piano Brown Color. The Eagle Eye 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 Folkstone (#6d6562) for more calm effect. Try Chocolate Pudding as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4a595c is the best complementary color to Piano Brown. 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 #5c4c4a complementary color is River Bed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Don Juan are #5c4a51 and #5c554a. Thus found on the left and right of #5c4c4a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Don Juan and Soya Bean colors as they work well with Piano Brown.
The split-complementary Piano Brown palette consists of #4a515c and #4a5c55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a595c). Try Trout and Nandor colors in combination with #5c4c4a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #5c4c4a 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 Piano Brown. Thus Trout and Gray Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Piano Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Gray Asparagus, and Scarpa Flow split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c4c4a square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Piano Brown tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#4a595c) and two others. The Gray Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Don Juan – 120° from the complementary River Bed. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4a5c4c and #5c4a5a.
In a RGB color space, hex #5c4c4a is made of 38% red, 31% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Piano Brown has a hue angle of 6.67°, a saturation of 10.84% and a lightness of 32.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c4c4a is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 7.06% yellow and 63.92% black ink.
| HEX | #5c4c4a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(92,76,74) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 31%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.28, 7.06, 63.92 |
| HSL | hsl(6.67,10.84%,32.55%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(6.67,19.57%,36.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.8547,6.3486,3.6929) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.2341,7.9386,7.5769) |