Carriage Color

#6c6358

Carriage is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #939ca7
Complementary Color #58606b
Color Shade: orange (33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.43% (better contrasting with white)
Carriage Color Sample
Carriage Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6c6358

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Carriage Color. The Ghost Ship color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Country Tweed (#837b68) for more energetic effect. Try Mudskipper as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#58606b is the best complementary color to Carriage. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6c6358 complementary color is Shuttle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Coffee are #6b5958 and #6a6b58. Thus found on the left and right of #6c6358 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dorado and Kokoda colors as they work well with Carriage.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Carriage palette consists of #59586b and #586a6b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#58606b). Try Mid Gray and Nevada colors in combination with #6c6358, 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 #6c6358 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Carriage. Thus Salt Box and Corduroy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Carriage contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shuttle Gray, Finlandia, and Old Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c6358 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Carriage tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#58606b) and two others. The Corduroy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Zambezi – 120° from the complementary Shuttle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #586b62 and #6b5860.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6c6358 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Carriage has a hue angle of 33°, a saturation of 10.2% and a lightness of 38.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c6358 is made of 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 7.84% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #6c6358
RGB Decimal rgb(108,99,88)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 3.53, 7.84, 57.65
HSL hsl(33,10.2%,38.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33,18.52%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.4853,1.5496,7.541)
XYZ xyz(12.4076,12.8164,11.0524)
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