Griffon Brown is calm, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #8fc6c0 |
| Complementary Color | #38706a |
| Color Shade: | cool red (353.45° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 33.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Griffon Brown Color. The Timeless Ruby color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Berry Smoothie (#895360) for more calm effect. Try Aged Wine as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#38706a is the best complementary color to Griffon Brown. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #70393f complementary color is Oracle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Buccaneer are #70385a and #704e38. Thus found on the left and right of #70393f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cosmic and Shingle Fawn colors as they work well with Griffon Brown.
The split-complementary Griffon Brown palette consists of #385a70 and #38704e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#38706a). Try San Juan and Amazon colors in combination with #70393f, 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 #70393f offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Griffon Brown. Thus East Bay and Fern Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Griffon Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oracle, Chalet Green, and Bossanova split by 90° on the color wheel. #70393f square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Griffon Brown tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#38706a) and two others. The Fern Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bossanova – 120° from the complementary Oracle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e7038 and #693870.
In a RGB color space, hex #70393f is made of 48% red, 25% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Griffon Brown has a hue angle of 353.45°, a saturation of 32.54% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #70393f is made of 0% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 19.21% yellow and 56.08% black ink.
| HEX | #70393f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(112,57,63) |
| RGB Percentage | 48%, 25%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 21.57, 19.21, 56.08 |
| HSL | hsl(353.45,32.54%,33.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(353.45,49.11%,43.92%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(31.1839,24.8754,7.3078) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.0424,6.7299,5.525) |