Mud Color

#70543e

Mud 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 #8fabc1
Complementary Color #3e5970
Color Shade: warm red (26.4° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.12% (better contrasting with white)
Mud Color Sample
Mud Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #70543e

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mud Color. The Castle Moat 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 Cupcake (#8a6e53) for more calm effect. Try Appaloosa Spots as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3e5970 is the best complementary color to Mud. 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 #70543e complementary color is Fiord, 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 #703e40 and #706d3e. Thus found on the left and right of #70543e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Yellow Metal colors as they work well with Mud.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mud palette consists of #3e4070 and #3e706d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3e5970). Try East Bay and William colors in combination with #70543e, 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 #70543e 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 Mud. Thus Mulled Wine and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mud contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Killarney, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #70543e 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. Mud tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3e5970) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmic – 120° from the complementary Fiord. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e7054 and #703e5a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #70543e is made of 43% red, 33% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Mud has a hue angle of 26.4°, a saturation of 28.74% and a lightness of 34.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #70543e is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 19.61% yellow and 56.08% black ink.

HEX #70543e
RGB Decimal rgb(112,84,62)
RGB Percentage 43%, 33%, 24%
CMYK 0, 10.98, 19.61, 56.08
HSL hsl(26.4,28.74%,34.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(26.4,44.64%,43.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.0804,8.4861,17.3542)
XYZ xyz(10.7219,10.1332,5.9482)
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