Christmas Ornament Color

#6e5a49

Christmas Ornament 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 #91a5b6
Complementary Color #495d6e
Color Shade: warm red (27.57° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.88% (better contrasting with white)
Christmas Ornament Color Sample
Christmas Ornament Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e5a49

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Christmas Ornament Color. The Pepper Spice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Liver Brown (#513e32) for more energetic effect. Try Lounge Leather as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#495d6e is the best complementary color to Christmas Ornament. 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 #6e5a49 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 #6e494a and #6e6c49. Thus found on the left and right of #6e5a49 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Go Ben colors as they work well with Christmas Ornament.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Christmas Ornament palette consists of #494a6e and #496e6c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#495d6e). Try Mulled Wine and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #6e5a49, 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 #6e5a49 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 Christmas Ornament. Thus Mulled Wine and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Christmas Ornament contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Axolotl, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e5a49 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. Christmas Ornament tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#495d6e) 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 #496e5a and #6e495c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e5a49 is made of 40% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Christmas Ornament has a hue angle of 27.57°, a saturation of 20.22% and a lightness of 35.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e5a49 is made of 0% cyan, 7.85% magenta, 14.51% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #6e5a49
RGB Decimal rgb(110,90,73)
RGB Percentage 40%, 33%, 27%
CMYK 0, 7.85, 14.51, 56.86
HSL hsl(27.57,20.22%,35.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(27.57,33.64%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.7624,5.4237,12.8932)
XYZ xyz(11.2892,11.1084,7.8525)
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