Deep Garnet Color

#5f4246

Deep Garnet is pale, 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 #a0bdb9
Complementary Color #415f5a
Color Shade: cool red (351.72° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 31.57% (better contrasting with white)
Deep Garnet Color Sample
Deep Garnet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f4246

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Deep Garnet Color. The Poetry Plum 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 Artful Magenta (#80505d) for more energetic effect. Try Parauri Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#415f5a is the best complementary color to Deep Garnet. 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 #5f4246 complementary color is Mineral Green, 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 Eggplant are #5f4154 and #5f4c41. Thus found on the left and right of #5f4246 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eggplant and Kabul colors as they work well with Deep Garnet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Deep Garnet palette consists of #41545f and #415f4c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#415f5a). Try River Bed and Mineral Green colors in combination with #5f4246, 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 #5f4246 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 Deep Garnet. Thus Gun Powder and Tom Thumb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Deep Garnet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mineral Green, Finch, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f4246 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. Deep Garnet tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#415f5a) and two others. The Tom Thumb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Voodoo – 120° from the complementary Mineral Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #455f41 and #5a415f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f4246 is made of 41% red, 29% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Deep Garnet has a hue angle of 351.72°, a saturation of 18.01% and a lightness of 31.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f4246 is made of 0% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 62.75% black ink.

HEX #5f4246
RGB Decimal rgb(95,66,70)
RGB Percentage 41%, 29%, 30%
CMYK 0, 11.37, 9.8, 62.75
HSL hsl(351.72,18.01%,31.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351.72,30.53%,37.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.281,13.2329,2.5926)
XYZ xyz(7.773,6.7715,6.6917)
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