Searing Gorge Brown Color

#6b3b23

Searing Gorge Brown is calm, 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 #94c4dc
Complementary Color #23526b
Color Shade: warm red (20° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 27.84% (better contrasting with white)
Searing Gorge Brown Color Sample
Searing Gorge Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6b3b23

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Searing Gorge Brown Color. The Picante 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 Fire (#8f3f2a) for more energetic effect. Try Oriental Spice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#23526b is the best complementary color to Searing Gorge Brown. 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 #6b3b23 complementary color is Cello, 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 Pickled Bean are #6b232f and #6b5f23. Thus found on the left and right of #6b3b23 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tawny Port and Dallas colors as they work well with Searing Gorge Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Searing Gorge Brown palette consists of #232f6b and #236b5f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#23526b). Try Astronaut and Green Pea colors in combination with #6b3b23, 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 #6b3b23 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 Searing Gorge Brown. Thus Jacarta and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Searing Gorge Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cello, Forest Green, and Honey Flower split by 90° on the color wheel. #6b3b23 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. Searing Gorge Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#23526b) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Cello. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #236b3b and #6b2352.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6b3b23 is made of 53% red, 29% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Searing Gorge Brown has a hue angle of 20°, a saturation of 50.7% and a lightness of 27.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6b3b23 is made of 0% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 28.23% yellow and 58.04% black ink.

HEX #6b3b23
RGB Decimal rgb(107,59,35)
RGB Percentage 53%, 29%, 17%
CMYK 0, 18.82, 28.23, 58.04
HSL hsl(20,50.7%,27.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(20,67.29%,41.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(30.3397,18.7484,23.7992)
XYZ xyz(7.9307,6.3751,2.4026)
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