Flamboyant Plum Color

#694e52

Flamboyant Plum 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 #96b1ad
Complementary Color #4e6965
Color Shade: cool red (351.11° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.88% (better contrasting with white)
Flamboyant Plum Color Sample
Flamboyant Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #694e52

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Flamboyant Plum Color. The Aged Wine 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 saturated alternative called Decadent Chocolate (#513235) for more energetic effect. Try Shale as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4e6965 is the best complementary color to Flamboyant Plum. 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 #694e52 complementary color is Cutty Sark, 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 Ferra are #694e5f and #69574e. Thus found on the left and right of #694e52 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Don Juan and Pine Cone colors as they work well with Flamboyant Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flamboyant Plum palette consists of #4e5f69 and #4e6957 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e6965). Try River Bed and Nandor colors in combination with #694e52, 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 #694e52 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 Flamboyant Plum. Thus Trout and Axolotl giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flamboyant Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cutty Sark, Siam, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #694e52 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. Flamboyant Plum tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#4e6965) and two others. The Axolotl is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salt Box – 120° from the complementary Cutty Sark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #52694e and #654e69.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #694e52 is made of 40% red, 29% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Flamboyant Plum has a hue angle of 351.11°, a saturation of 14.75% and a lightness of 35.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #694e52 is made of 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 9.02% yellow and 58.82% black ink.

HEX #694e52
RGB Decimal rgb(105,78,82)
RGB Percentage 40%, 29%, 31%
CMYK 0, 10.59, 9.02, 58.82
HSL hsl(351.11,14.75%,35.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351.11,25.71%,41.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.1019,12.039,2.0667)
XYZ xyz(10.0731,9.0612,9.2007)
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