Gardener's Soil 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 | #a3acb2 |
Complementary Color | #4d555c |
Color Shade: | warm red (24° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 33.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Gardener's Soil Color. The Boat Anchor color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Ranch House (#7b645a) for more energetic effect. Try Trailhead as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#4d555c is the best complementary color to Gardener's Soil. 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 #5c534d complementary color is Trout, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Soya Bean are #5c4d4e and #5c5a4d. Thus found on the left and right of #5c534d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Don Juan and Fuscous Gray colors as they work well with Gardener's Soil.
The split-complementary Gardener's Soil palette consists of #4d4e5c and #4d5c5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d555c). Try Trout and Nandor colors in combination with #5c534d, 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 #5c534d 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 Gardener's Soil. Thus Scarpa Flow and Nandor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Gardener's Soil contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Trout, Gray Asparagus, and Mortar split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c534d square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Gardener's Soil tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4d555c) and two others. The Nandor is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Don Juan – 120° from the complementary Trout. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d5c53 and #5c4d55.
In a RGB color space, hex #5c534d is made of 37% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Gardener's Soil has a hue angle of 24°, a saturation of 8.88% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c534d is made of 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 63.92% black ink.
HEX | #5c534d |
RGB Decimal | rgb(92,83,77) |
RGB Percentage | 37%, 33%, 31% |
CMYK | 0, 3.53, 5.88, 63.92 |
HSL | hsl(24,8.88%,33.14%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(24,16.3%,36.08%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(35.9798,2.5425,4.8474) |
XYZ | xyz(8.8464,8.9976,8.2916) |