Traditional Leather Color

#6f4f3e

Traditional Leather 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 #90b0c1
Complementary Color #3d5d6f
Color Shade: warm red (20.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.92% (better contrasting with white)
Traditional Leather Color Sample
Traditional Leather Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f4f3e

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Traditional Leather Color. The Abbot color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pastel Brown (#836953) for more calm effect. Try Seville Scarlet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3d5d6f is the best complementary color to Traditional Leather. 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 #6f4f3e complementary color is William, 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 #6f3d45 and #6f673d. Thus found on the left and right of #6f4f3e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Yellow Metal colors as they work well with Traditional Leather.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Traditional Leather palette consists of #3d456f and #3d6f67 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3d5d6f). Try East Bay and William colors in combination with #6f4f3e, 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 #6f4f3e 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 Traditional Leather. Thus East Bay and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Traditional Leather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary William, Fern Green, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f4f3e 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. Traditional Leather tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3d5d6f) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmic – 120° from the complementary William. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3d6f4f and #6f3d5e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f4f3e is made of 44% red, 31% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Traditional Leather has a hue angle of 20.82°, a saturation of 28.32% and a lightness of 33.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f4f3e is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 19.22% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #6f4f3e
RGB Decimal rgb(111,79,62)
RGB Percentage 44%, 31%, 25%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 19.22, 56.47
HSL hsl(20.82,28.32%,33.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(20.82,44.14%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.5919,11.08,15.3477)
XYZ xyz(10.221,9.3193,5.8175)
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