Spice Color

#6c4f3f

Spice 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 #93b0c0
Complementary Color #3f5c6c
Color Shade: warm red (21.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.53% (better contrasting with white)
Spice Color Sample
Spice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6c4f3f

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Spice Color. The Stock Horse 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 saturated alternative called Goulash (#8d6449) for more energetic effect. Try Weathered Leather as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3f5c6c is the best complementary color to Spice. 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 #6c4f3f 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 #6c3f45 and #6c653f. Thus found on the left and right of #6c4f3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Hemlock colors as they work well with Spice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spice palette consists of #3f456c and #3f6c65 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f5c6c). Try Fiord and William colors in combination with #6c4f3f, 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 #6c4f3f 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 Spice. Thus Mulled Wine and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Chalet Green, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c4f3f 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. Spice tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3f5c6c) 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 #3f6c4f and #6c3f5c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6c4f3f is made of 43% red, 32% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Spice has a hue angle of 21.33°, a saturation of 26.32% and a lightness of 33.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c4f3f is made of 0% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 17.64% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #6c4f3f
RGB Decimal rgb(108,79,63)
RGB Percentage 43%, 32%, 25%
CMYK 0, 11.37, 17.64, 57.65
HSL hsl(21.33,26.32%,33.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(21.33,41.67%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.2505,9.8573,14.2086)
XYZ xyz(9.8775,9.139,5.946)
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