Piney Wood Color

#70574f

Piney Wood is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #8fa8b0
Complementary Color #4f6770
Color Shade: mid red (14.55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 37.45% (better contrasting with white)
Piney Wood Color Sample
Piney Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #70574f

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Piney Wood Color. The Tribal Drum color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dark Granite (#4f443f) for more calm effect. Try Pine Bark as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4f6770 is the best complementary color to Piney Wood. Cool cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #70574f complementary color is Cutty Sark, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Ferra are #704f57 and #70674f. Thus found on the left and right of #70574f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Go Ben colors as they work well with Piney Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Piney Wood palette consists of #4f5770 and #4f7067 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f6770). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #70574f, 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 #70574f offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Piney Wood. Thus Mulled Wine and Finlandia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Piney Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cutty Sark, Axolotl, and Salt Box split by 90° on the color wheel. #70574f square combo is a palette of mid red, warm green, cool cyan and violet 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. Piney Wood tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4f6770) and two others. The Finlandia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Cutty Sark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f7057 and #704f67.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #70574f is made of 40% red, 31% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Piney Wood has a hue angle of 14.55°, a saturation of 17.28% and a lightness of 37.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #70574f is made of 0% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 56.08% black ink.

HEX #70574f
RGB Decimal rgb(112,87,79)
RGB Percentage 40%, 31%, 28%
CMYK 0, 9.8, 12.94, 56.08
HSL hsl(14.55,17.28%,37.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(14.55,29.46%,43.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.2853,9.0122,8.5855)
XYZ xyz(11.5016,10.8256,8.8805)
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