Buckingham Palace Color

#6b5140

Buckingham Palace 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 #94aebf
Complementary Color #40596b
Color Shade: warm red (23.72° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.53% (better contrasting with white)
Buckingham Palace Color Sample
Buckingham Palace Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6b5140

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Buckingham Palace Color. The Salted Pretzel 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 soft alternative called Superior Bronze (#786957) for more calm effect. Try Mayan Ruins as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#40596b is the best complementary color to Buckingham Palace. 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 #6b5140 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 Tobacco Brown are #6b4044 and #6b6640. Thus found on the left and right of #6b5140 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Hemlock colors as they work well with Buckingham Palace.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Buckingham Palace palette consists of #40446b and #406b66 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#40596b). Try Fiord and William colors in combination with #6b5140, 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 #6b5140 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 Buckingham Palace. Thus Mulled Wine and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Buckingham Palace contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Chalet Green, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #6b5140 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. Buckingham Palace tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#40596b) 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 #406b51 and #6b4059.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6b5140 is made of 42% red, 32% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Buckingham Palace has a hue angle of 23.72°, a saturation of 25.15% and a lightness of 33.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6b5140 is made of 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 16.86% yellow and 58.04% black ink.

HEX #6b5140
RGB Decimal rgb(107,81,64)
RGB Percentage 42%, 32%, 25%
CMYK 0, 10.2, 16.86, 58.04
HSL hsl(23.72,25.15%,33.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(23.72,40.19%,41.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.7074,8.3134,14.1894)
XYZ xyz(9.9312,9.3808,6.1377)
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