Rookwood Medium Brown Color

#6e5241

Rookwood Medium Brown 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 #91adbe
Complementary Color #415c6e
Color Shade: warm red (22.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.31% (better contrasting with white)
Rookwood Medium Brown Color Sample
Rookwood Medium Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e5241

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rookwood Medium Brown Color. The Neutral Valley color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Spiced Latte (#886c57) for more calm effect. Try Centaur Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#415c6e is the best complementary color to Rookwood Medium Brown. 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 #6e5241 complementary color is Fiord, 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 #6e4146 and #6e6841. Thus found on the left and right of #6e5241 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Tobacco Brown colors as they work well with Rookwood Medium Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rookwood Medium Brown palette consists of #41466e and #416e68 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#415c6e). Try Fiord and William colors in combination with #6e5241, 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 #6e5241 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 Rookwood Medium Brown. Thus Mulled Wine and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rookwood Medium Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Fern Green, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e5241 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. Rookwood Medium Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#415c6e) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Fiord. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #416e52 and #6e415c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e5241 is made of 43% red, 32% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Rookwood Medium Brown has a hue angle of 22.67°, a saturation of 25.71% and a lightness of 34.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e5241 is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #6e5241
RGB Decimal rgb(110,82,65)
RGB Percentage 43%, 32%, 25%
CMYK 0, 10.98, 17.65, 56.86
HSL hsl(22.67,25.71%,34.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(22.67,40.91%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.3557,9.1815,14.5101)
XYZ xyz(10.4018,9.7312,6.3311)
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