Tobacco Color

#684f3c

Tobacco 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 #97b0c3
Complementary Color #3c5467
Color Shade: warm red (25.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.16% (better contrasting with white)
Tobacco Color Sample
Tobacco Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #684f3c

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Tobacco Color. The Pastel Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Leather Work (#8a6347) for more energetic effect. Try Peat Moss as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3c5467 is the best complementary color to Tobacco. 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 #684f3c complementary color is Fiord, 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 #673c3e and #67643c. Thus found on the left and right of #684f3c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Verdigris colors as they work well with Tobacco.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tobacco palette consists of #3c3e67 and #3c6765 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3c5467). Try Fiord and William colors in combination with #684f3c, 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 #684f3c 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 Tobacco. Thus Mulled Wine and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tobacco contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Killarney, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #684f3c 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. Tobacco tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3c5467) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Fiord. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3c674e and #673c55.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #684f3c is made of 43% red, 33% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Tobacco has a hue angle of 25.91°, a saturation of 26.83% and a lightness of 32.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #684f3c is made of 0% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 17.25% yellow and 59.22% black ink.

HEX #684f3c
RGB Decimal rgb(104,79,60)
RGB Percentage 43%, 33%, 25%
CMYK 0, 9.8, 17.25, 59.22
HSL hsl(25.91,26.83%,32.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.91,42.31%,40.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.7158,7.6576,15.2598)
XYZ xyz(9.3205,8.8613,5.4941)
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