Sanguine Brown is calm, 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 | #93c8c9 |
Complementary Color | #356a6c |
Color Shade: | mid red (1.11° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 31.76% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sanguine Brown Color. The Rudraksha Beads color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Rusted Nail (#884b3d) for more energetic effect. Try Chocolate Explosion as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#356a6c is the best complementary color to Sanguine Brown. 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 #6c3736 complementary color is Oracle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Buccaneer are #6c3550 and #6c5135. Thus found on the left and right of #6c3736 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cosmic and Shingle Fawn colors as they work well with Sanguine Brown.
The split-complementary Sanguine Brown palette consists of #354f6c and #356c52 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#356a6c). Try San Juan and Amazon colors in combination with #6c3736, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #6c3736 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 Sanguine Brown. Thus Rhino and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sanguine Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oracle, Chalet Green, and Bossanova split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c3736 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sanguine Brown tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#356a6c) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmic – 120° from the complementary Oracle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #356c36 and #6c356a.
In a RGB color space, hex #6c3736 is made of 50% red, 25% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Sanguine Brown has a hue angle of 1.11°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 31.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c3736 is made of 0% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 21.17% yellow and 57.65% black ink.
HEX | #6c3736 |
RGB Decimal | rgb(108,55,54) |
RGB Percentage | 50%, 25%, 25% |
CMYK | 0, 20.78, 21.17, 57.65 |
HSL | hsl(1.11,33.33%,31.76%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(1.11,50%,42.35%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(29.8791,23.326,11.2525) |
XYZ | xyz(8.2164,6.1869,4.2512) |