Chestnut Brown Color

#6d1008

Chestnut Brown is deep, 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 #92eff7
Complementary Color #08646d
Color Shade: mid red (4.75° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 22.94% (better contrasting with white)
Chestnut Brown Color Sample
Chestnut Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d1008

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chestnut Brown Color. The Mahogany color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Bean (#4a1207) for more calm effect. Try Uluru Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#08646d is the best complementary color to Chestnut 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 #6d1008 complementary color is Atoll, 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 Dark Burgundy are #6d0832 and #6d4208. Thus found on the left and right of #6d1008 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulberry Wood and Antique Bronze colors as they work well with Chestnut Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chestnut Brown palette consists of #08326d and #086d42 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#08646d). Try Deep Sapphire and Salem colors in combination with #6d1008, 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 #6d1008 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 Chestnut Brown. Thus Arapawa and Japanese Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chestnut Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Atoll, Green Leaf, and Windsor split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d1008 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. Chestnut Brown tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#08646d) and two others. The Japanese Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cardinal Pink – 120° from the complementary Atoll. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #086d10 and #6d0865.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d1008 is made of 82% red, 12% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Chestnut Brown has a hue angle of 4.75°, a saturation of 86.32% and a lightness of 22.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d1008 is made of 0% cyan, 36.48% magenta, 39.61% yellow and 57.25% black ink.

HEX #6d1008
RGB Decimal rgb(109,16,8)
RGB Percentage 82%, 12%, 6%
CMYK 0, 36.48, 39.61, 57.25
HSL hsl(4.75,86.32%,22.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(4.75,92.66%,42.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(22.4413,39.1487,30.2856)
XYZ xyz(6.5358,3.6393,0.5877)
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