Natural Bark Color

#6d574d

Natural Bark 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 #92a8b2
Complementary Color #4d626d
Color Shade: warm red (18.75° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.47% (better contrasting with white)
Natural Bark Color Sample
Natural Bark Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d574d

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Natural Bark Color. The Cardamom Spice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vehicle Body Grey (#4c433d) for more calm effect. Try Whiskey Barrel as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4d626d is the best complementary color to Natural Bark. 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 #6d574d complementary color is Blue Bayoux, 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 Pine Cone are #6d4d52 and #6d674d. Thus found on the left and right of #6d574d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Go Ben colors as they work well with Natural Bark.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Natural Bark palette consists of #4d526d and #4d6d67 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d626d). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #6d574d, 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 #6d574d 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 Natural Bark. Thus Mulled Wine and Finlandia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Natural Bark contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Axolotl, and Salt Box split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d574d 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. Natural Bark tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4d626d) and two others. The Finlandia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d6d57 and #6d4d63.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d574d is made of 40% red, 32% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Natural Bark has a hue angle of 18.75°, a saturation of 17.2% and a lightness of 36.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d574d is made of 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 57.25% black ink.

HEX #6d574d
RGB Decimal rgb(109,87,77)
RGB Percentage 40%, 32%, 28%
CMYK 0, 8.63, 12.55, 57.25
HSL hsl(18.75,17.2%,36.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(18.75,29.36%,42.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.9043,7.4067,9.2352)
XYZ xyz(11.0544,10.6034,8.4852)
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