Wine Brown is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #a0c1c1 |
| Complementary Color | #3e5f5f |
| Color Shade: | mid red (0° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 30.78% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Wine Brown Color. The Red Bluff color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Auberge (#3f3130) for more calm effect. Try Russett as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3e5f5f is the best complementary color to Wine Brown. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5f3e3e complementary color is Mineral Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Congo Brown are #5f3e4e and #5f4e3e. Thus found on the left and right of #5f3e3e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eggplant and Kabul colors as they work well with Wine Brown.
The split-complementary Wine Brown palette consists of #3e4e5f and #3e5f4e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3e5f5f). Try Fiord and Mineral Green colors in combination with #5f3e3e, 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 #5f3e3e 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 Wine Brown. Thus Gun Powder and Tom Thumb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Wine Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mineral Green, Tom Thumb, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f3e3e square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Wine Brown tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#3e5f5f) and two others. The Tom Thumb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Mineral Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e5f3e and #5f3e5f.
In a RGB color space, hex #5f3e3e is made of 43% red, 28% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Wine Brown has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 21.02% and a lightness of 30.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f3e3e is made of 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 62.75% black ink.
| HEX | #5f3e3e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(95,62,62) |
| RGB Percentage | 43%, 28%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.94, 12.94, 62.75 |
| HSL | hsl(0,21.02%,30.78%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(0,34.74%,37.25%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(29.9755,14.4762,5.9062) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.3114,6.2259,5.3738) |