Beauty Spot Color

#604938

Beauty Spot is pale, 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 #9fb6c7
Complementary Color #384f60
Color Shade: warm red (25.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 29.8% (better contrasting with white)
Beauty Spot Color Sample
Beauty Spot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #604938

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Beauty Spot Color. The Eastlake color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Florence Brown (#835740) for more energetic effect. Try Tanbark Trail as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#384f60 is the best complementary color to Beauty Spot. 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 #604938 complementary color is Pickled Bluewood, 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 Millbrook are #60383a and #605d38. Thus found on the left and right of #604938 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Verdigris colors as they work well with Beauty Spot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Beauty Spot palette consists of #383a60 and #38605d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#384f60). Try Martinique and Stromboli colors in combination with #604938, 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 #604938 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 Beauty Spot. Thus Martinique and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Beauty Spot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pickled Bluewood, Tom Thumb, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #604938 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. Beauty Spot tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#384f60) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Pickled Bluewood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #386049 and #60384f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #604938 is made of 43% red, 32% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Beauty Spot has a hue angle of 25.5°, a saturation of 26.32% and a lightness of 29.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #604938 is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 15.69% yellow and 62.35% black ink.

HEX #604938
RGB Decimal rgb(96,73,56)
RGB Percentage 43%, 32%, 25%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 15.69, 62.35
HSL hsl(25.5,26.32%,29.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.5,41.67%,37.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.0003,7.1837,13.9355)
XYZ xyz(7.9202,7.5374,4.7788)
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