Buccaneer Color

#6e5150

Buccaneer is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, warm blue or mid green

Inverse Color #91aeaf
Complementary Color #506d6e
Color Shade: mid red (2° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 37.25% (better contrasting with white)
Buccaneer Color Sample
Buccaneer Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e5150

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Buccaneer Color. The Muscatel color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rhodonite Brown (#4d4141) for more calm effect. Try Creamed Muscat as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#506d6e is the best complementary color to Buccaneer. 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 #6e5150 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 #6e505d and #6e6050. Thus found on the left and right of #6e5150 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Soya Bean colors as they work well with Buccaneer.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Buccaneer palette consists of #505d6e and #506e60 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#506d6e). Try Shuttle Gray and Como colors in combination with #6e5150, 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 #6e5150 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 Buccaneer. Thus Comet and Finlandia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Buccaneer contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cutty Sark, Siam, and Smoky split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e5150 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and warm blue 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. Buccaneer tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#506d6e) and two others. The Finlandia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Old Lavender – 120° from the complementary Cutty Sark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #506e51 and #6e506d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e5150 is made of 41% red, 30% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Buccaneer has a hue angle of 2°, a saturation of 15.79% and a lightness of 37.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e5150 is made of 0% cyan, 11.38% magenta, 11.77% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #6e5150
RGB Decimal rgb(110,81,80)
RGB Percentage 41%, 30%, 30%
CMYK 0, 11.38, 11.77, 56.86
HSL hsl(2,15.79%,37.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(2,27.27%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.4429,11.9744,5.324)
XYZ xyz(10.8208,9.779,8.9066)
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