Burgundy Wine Color

#6c403e

Burgundy Wine is pale, 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 #93bfc1
Complementary Color #3e696b
Color Shade: mid red (2.61° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.33% (better contrasting with white)
Burgundy Wine Color Sample
Burgundy Wine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6c403e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Burgundy Wine Color. The Copper Rust color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Red Willow (#885a55) for more calm effect. Try Rock as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3e696b is the best complementary color to Burgundy Wine. 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 #6c403e complementary color is William, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Congo Brown are #6b3e52 and #6b573e. Thus found on the left and right of #6c403e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eggplant and Tobacco Brown colors as they work well with Burgundy Wine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Burgundy Wine palette consists of #3e536b and #3e6b57 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3e696b). Try Fiord and Killarney colors in combination with #6c403e, 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 #6c403e 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 Burgundy Wine. Thus Fiord and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Burgundy Wine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary William, Chalet Green, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c403e square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Burgundy Wine tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#3e696b) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmic – 120° from the complementary William. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e6b40 and #6b3e69.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6c403e is made of 46% red, 27% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Burgundy Wine has a hue angle of 2.61°, a saturation of 27.06% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c403e is made of 0% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 18.04% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #6c403e
RGB Decimal rgb(108,64,62)
RGB Percentage 46%, 27%, 26%
CMYK 0, 17.25, 18.04, 57.65
HSL hsl(2.61,27.06%,33.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(2.61,42.59%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.2641,18.9062,9.3751)
XYZ xyz(8.8872,7.2027,5.4793)
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