Hiking Boots is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #a1abbf |
| Complementary Color | #40495e |
| Color Shade: | orange (40° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 30.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Hiking Boots Color. The Mayan Ruins color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Loden Blanket (#7d6546) for more energetic effect. Try Essential Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#40495e is the best complementary color to Hiking Boots. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5e5440 complementary color is River Bed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Kabul are #5e4540 and #595e40. Thus found on the left and right of #5e5440 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kabul and Hemlock colors as they work well with Hiking Boots.
The split-complementary Hiking Boots palette consists of #44405e and #40595e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#40495e). Try Mulled Wine and Limed Spruce colors in combination with #5e5440, 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 #5e5440 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hiking Boots. Thus Mulled Wine and Mineral Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Hiking Boots contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Tom Thumb, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #5e5440 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Hiking Boots tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#40495e) and two others. The Mineral Green 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 #405e54 and #5e4049.
In a RGB color space, hex #5e5440 is made of 39% red, 35% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Hiking Boots has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 18.99% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5e5440 is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 11.76% yellow and 63.14% black ink.
| HEX | #5e5440 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(94,84,64) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 35%, 26% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.92, 11.76, 63.14 |
| HSL | hsl(40,18.99%,30.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(40,31.91%,36.86%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.158,0.6192,13.2078) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.7118,9.0905,6.146) |