Wild Cranberry is calm, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #91c3bd |
| Complementary Color | #3c6e67 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (352.8° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 33.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Wild Cranberry Color. The Flowering Chestnut color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Renaissance Rose (#865560) for more calm effect. Try Berry Smoothie as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3c6e67 is the best complementary color to Wild Cranberry. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6e3c42 complementary color is William, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Buccaneer are #6e3c5a and #6e4f3c. Thus found on the left and right of #6e3c42 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cosmic and Shingle Fawn colors as they work well with Wild Cranberry.
The split-complementary Wild Cranberry palette consists of #3c5a6e and #3c6e4f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3c6e67). Try William and Killarney colors in combination with #6e3c42, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #6e3c42 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Wild Cranberry. Thus East Bay and Fern Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Wild Cranberry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary William, Chalet Green, and East Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e3c42 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Wild Cranberry tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#3c6e67) and two others. The Fern Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Voodoo – 120° from the complementary William. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #416e3c and #683c6e.
In a RGB color space, hex #6e3c42 is made of 47% red, 25% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Wild Cranberry has a hue angle of 352.8°, a saturation of 29.41% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e3c42 is made of 0% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 17.26% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #6e3c42 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(110,60,66) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 25%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 19.61, 17.26, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(352.8,29.41%,33.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(352.8,45.45%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(31.6701,22.6721,6.0067) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.0296,6.9401,6.0179) |