Christmas Brown Color

#5d2b2c

Christmas Brown is calm, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #a2d4d3
Complementary Color #2b5d5b
Color Shade: cool red (358.8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.67% (better contrasting with white)
Christmas Brown Color Sample
Christmas Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5d2b2c

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Christmas Brown Color. The Velvety Merlot color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Burnt Russet (#7e3940) for more energetic effect. Try Cordova Burgundy as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2b5d5b is the best complementary color to Christmas Brown. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5d2b2c complementary color is Spectra, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Buccaneer are #5d2b44 and #5d432b. Thus found on the left and right of #5d2b2c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Finn and Quincy colors as they work well with Christmas Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Christmas Brown palette consists of #2b445d and #2b5d43 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2b5d5b). Try Rhino and Plantation colors in combination with #5d2b2c, 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 #5d2b2c offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Christmas Brown. Thus Rhino and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Christmas Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spectra, Woodland, and Bossanova split by 90° on the color wheel. #5d2b2c square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Christmas Brown tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#2b5d5b) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bossanova – 120° from the complementary Spectra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2b5d2b and #5b2b5d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5d2b2c is made of 52% red, 24% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Christmas Brown has a hue angle of 358.8°, a saturation of 36.76% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5d2b2c is made of 0% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 19.22% yellow and 63.53% black ink.

HEX #5d2b2c
RGB Decimal rgb(93,43,44)
RGB Percentage 52%, 24%, 24%
CMYK 0, 19.61, 19.22, 63.53
HSL hsl(358.8,36.76%,26.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(358.8,53.76%,36.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(24.4392,22.9113,10.0415)
XYZ xyz(5.8327,4.2368,2.8932)
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