Pickled Bean is calm, 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 | #91b7d9 |
| Complementary Color | #264b6e |
| Color Shade: | warm red (28.33° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 29.02% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pickled Bean Color. The Roasted Pecan color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Café Noir (#4b3621) for more calm effect. Try Tapenade as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#264b6e is the best complementary color to Pickled Bean. 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 #6e4826 complementary color is Astronaut, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pickled Bean are #6e2628 and #6e6c26. Thus found on the left and right of #6e4826 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Crown of Thorns and Crete colors as they work well with Pickled Bean.
The split-complementary Pickled Bean palette consists of #26276e and #266e6c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#264b6e). Try Astronaut and Paradiso colors in combination with #6e4826, 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 #6e4826 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 Pickled Bean. Thus Jacarta and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pickled Bean contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Astronaut, Green Pea, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e4826 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pickled Bean tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#264b6e) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Astronaut. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #266e48 and #6e264b.
In a RGB color space, hex #6e4826 is made of 50% red, 33% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Pickled Bean has a hue angle of 28.33°, a saturation of 48.65% and a lightness of 29.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e4826 is made of 0% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 28.24% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #6e4826 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(110,72,38) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 33%, 17% |
| CMYK | 0, 14.9, 28.24, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(28.33,48.65%,29.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(28.33,65.45%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(34.1689,12.4723,26.6629) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.0976,8.0897,2.9157) |