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) |
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.
#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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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) |