Cowpeas Color

#661100

Cowpeas is deep, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #9ef
Complementary Color #005466
Color Shade: mid red (10° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20% (better contrasting with white)
Cowpeas Color Sample
Cowpeas Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #661100

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cowpeas Color. The Red Leever color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Black Chocolate (#441100) for more calm effect. Try Bloodline as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#005466 is the best complementary color to Cowpeas. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #610 complementary color is Blue Stone, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #660021 and #640. Thus found on the left and right of #610 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bordeaux and White colors as they work well with Cowpeas.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cowpeas palette consists of #002166 and #064 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#005466). Try Midnight Blue and White colors in combination with #610, 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 #610 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cowpeas. Thus Paua and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cowpeas contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Stone, Japanese Laurel, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #610 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Cowpeas tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#005466) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pompadour – 120° from the complementary Blue Stone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #061 and #660054.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #661100 is made of 86% red, 14% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Cowpeas has a hue angle of 10°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 20%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #661100 is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 40% yellow and 60% black ink.

HEX #661100
RGB Decimal rgb(102,17,0)
RGB Percentage 86%, 14%, 0%
CMYK 0, 33.33, 40, 60
HSL hsl(10,100%,20%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(10,100%,40%)
CIE-LAB lab(20.9259,36.3177,31.4556)
XYZ xyz(5.6799,3.2257,0.3233)
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