Monk's Cloth is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #919caa |
| Complementary Color | #55606d |
| Color Shade: | orange (33.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 38.24% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Monk's Cloth Color. The Cocoa Delight color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Cement (#8d7662) for more energetic effect. Try Noble Crown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#55606d is the best complementary color to Monk's Cloth. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6e6355 complementary color is Shuttle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Coffee are #6d5655 and #6c6d55. Thus found on the left and right of #6e6355 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dorado and Kokoda colors as they work well with Monk's Cloth.
The split-complementary Monk's Cloth palette consists of #56556d and #556c6d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#55606d). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #6e6355, 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 #6e6355 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Monk's Cloth. Thus Salt Box and Corduroy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Monk's Cloth contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shuttle Gray, Finlandia, and Old Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e6355 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Monk's Cloth tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#55606d) and two others. The Corduroy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Zambezi – 120° from the complementary Shuttle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #556d62 and #6d555f.
In a RGB color space, hex #6e6355 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Monk's Cloth has a hue angle of 33.6°, a saturation of 12.82% and a lightness of 38.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e6355 is made of 0% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 9.81% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #6e6355 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(110,99,85) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 34%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.32, 9.81, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(33.6,12.82%,38.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(33.6,22.73%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.6039,1.8825,9.552) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.5319,12.8946,10.4227) |