Painted Leather Color

#6d544f

Painted Leather 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 #92abb0
Complementary Color #4f686d
Color Shade: mid red (10° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.86% (better contrasting with white)
Painted Leather Color Sample
Painted Leather Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d544f

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Painted Leather Color. The Suede Leather 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 Warm Haze (#736967) for more calm effect. Try Taxite as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4f686d is the best complementary color to Painted Leather. 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 #6d544f complementary color is Cutty Sark, 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 Ferra are #6d4f59 and #6d634f. Thus found on the left and right of #6d544f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Soya Bean colors as they work well with Painted Leather.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Painted Leather palette consists of #4f596d and #4f6d63 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f686d). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #6d544f, 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 #6d544f 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 Painted Leather. Thus Mulled Wine and Finlandia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Painted Leather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cutty Sark, Axolotl, and Salt Box split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d544f 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. Painted Leather tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#4f686d) and two others. The Finlandia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Cutty Sark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f6d54 and #6d4f67.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d544f is made of 40% red, 31% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Painted Leather has a hue angle of 10°, a saturation of 15.96% and a lightness of 36.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d544f is made of 0% cyan, 9.81% magenta, 11.77% yellow and 57.25% black ink.

HEX #6d544f
RGB Decimal rgb(109,84,79)
RGB Percentage 40%, 31%, 29%
CMYK 0, 9.81, 11.77, 57.25
HSL hsl(10,15.96%,36.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(10,27.52%,42.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.1216,9.5516,6.8957)
XYZ xyz(10.8883,10.1564,8.7836)
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