Cafe Expreso Color

#5e4c48

Cafe Expreso 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 #a1b3b7
Complementary Color #485a5e
Color Shade: mid red (10.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.55% (better contrasting with white)
Cafe Expreso Color Sample
Cafe Expreso Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5e4c48

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cafe Expreso Color. The Ranch House color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Folkstone (#6d6562) for more calm effect. Try Less Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#485a5e is the best complementary color to Cafe Expreso. 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 #5e4c48 complementary color is River Bed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dorado are #5e484f and #5e5748. Thus found on the left and right of #5e4c48 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Don Juan and Soya Bean colors as they work well with Cafe Expreso.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cafe Expreso palette consists of #484f5e and #485e57 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#485a5e). Try River Bed and Nandor colors in combination with #5e4c48, 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 #5e4c48 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 Cafe Expreso. Thus Mulled Wine and Nandor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cafe Expreso contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Axolotl, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #5e4c48 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Cafe Expreso tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#485a5e) and two others. The Nandor 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 #485e4c and #5e485a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5e4c48 is made of 39% red, 31% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Cafe Expreso has a hue angle of 10.91°, a saturation of 13.25% and a lightness of 32.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5e4c48 is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 8.62% yellow and 63.14% black ink.

HEX #5e4c48
RGB Decimal rgb(94,76,72)
RGB Percentage 39%, 31%, 30%
CMYK 0, 7.06, 8.62, 63.14
HSL hsl(10.91,13.25%,32.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(10.91,23.4%,36.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(34.0171,6.861,5.2217)
XYZ xyz(8.3702,8.0164,7.2371)
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