Rustic Tobacco Color

#6e5949

Rustic Tobacco 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 #91a6b6
Complementary Color #495e6e
Color Shade: warm red (25.95° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.88% (better contrasting with white)
Rustic Tobacco Color Sample
Rustic Tobacco Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e5949

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rustic Tobacco Color. The Wine Cork 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 Carriage Stone (#7e7265) for more calm effect. Try Obsidian Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#495e6e is the best complementary color to Rustic Tobacco. 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 #6e5949 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 #6e494b and #6e6b49. Thus found on the left and right of #6e5949 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Go Ben colors as they work well with Rustic Tobacco.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rustic Tobacco palette consists of #494b6e and #496e6b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#495e6e). Try Fiord and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #6e5949, 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 #6e5949 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 Rustic Tobacco. Thus Mulled Wine and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rustic Tobacco contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Axolotl, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e5949 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. Rustic Tobacco tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#495e6e) and two others. The Como 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 #496e59 and #6e495e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e5949 is made of 40% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Rustic Tobacco has a hue angle of 25.95°, a saturation of 20.22% and a lightness of 35.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e5949 is made of 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 14.51% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #6e5949
RGB Decimal rgb(110,89,73)
RGB Percentage 40%, 33%, 27%
CMYK 0, 8.24, 14.51, 56.86
HSL hsl(25.95,20.22%,35.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.95,33.64%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.4806,6.0289,12.5061)
XYZ xyz(11.2054,10.9408,7.8245)
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