Moroccan Henna Color

#6e5043

Moroccan Henna 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 #91afbc
Complementary Color #42616e
Color Shade: warm red (18.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.71% (better contrasting with white)
Moroccan Henna Color Sample
Moroccan Henna Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e5043

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Moroccan Henna Color. The Art and Craft 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 Rock (#4d3833) for more calm effect. Try Sequoia Grove as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#42616e is the best complementary color to Moroccan Henna. 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 #6e5043 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 Tobacco Brown are #6e424b and #6e6542. Thus found on the left and right of #6e5043 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eggplant and Tobacco Brown colors as they work well with Moroccan Henna.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Moroccan Henna palette consists of #424b6e and #426e65 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#42616e). Try Fiord and William colors in combination with #6e5043, 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 #6e5043 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 Moroccan Henna. Thus Mulled Wine and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Moroccan Henna contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Fern Green, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e5043 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. Moroccan Henna tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#42616e) and two others. The Killarney 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 #426e50 and #6e4261.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e5043 is made of 43% red, 31% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Moroccan Henna has a hue angle of 18.14°, a saturation of 24.29% and a lightness of 34.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e5043 is made of 0% cyan, 11.77% magenta, 16.87% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #6e5043
RGB Decimal rgb(110,80,67)
RGB Percentage 43%, 31%, 26%
CMYK 0, 11.77, 16.87, 56.86
HSL hsl(18.14,24.29%,34.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(18.14,39.09%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.8507,10.6689,12.5889)
XYZ xyz(10.3122,9.4576,6.5922)
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