Irish Coffee Color

#5f3d26

Irish Coffee is calm, 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 #a0c2d9
Complementary Color #26475f
Color Shade: warm red (24.21° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.08% (better contrasting with white)
Irish Coffee Color Sample
Irish Coffee Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f3d26

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Irish Coffee Color. The Cold Brew Coffee color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Bistre (#3d2b1f) for more calm effect. Try Bark Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#26475f is the best complementary color to Irish Coffee. 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 #5f3d26 complementary color is Blue Dianne, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Irish Coffee are #5f262b and #5f5926. Thus found on the left and right of #5f3d26 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Buccaneer and Costa Del Sol colors as they work well with Irish Coffee.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Irish Coffee palette consists of #262b5f and #265f59 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#26475f). Try Cloud Burst and Casal colors in combination with #5f3d26, 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 #5f3d26 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 Irish Coffee. Thus Jacarta and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Irish Coffee contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Dianne, Everglade, and Bossanova split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f3d26 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Irish Coffee tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#26475f) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Blue Dianne. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #265f3d and #5f2647.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f3d26 is made of 49% red, 31% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Irish Coffee has a hue angle of 24.21°, a saturation of 42.86% and a lightness of 26.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f3d26 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 22.35% yellow and 62.75% black ink.

HEX #5f3d26
RGB Decimal rgb(95,61,38)
RGB Percentage 49%, 31%, 20%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 22.35, 62.75
HSL hsl(24.21,42.86%,26.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24.21,60%,37.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.1851,12.1709,20.1697)
XYZ xyz(6.7379,5.9103,2.6194)
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