Peruvian Soil Color

#733d1f

Peruvian Soil is soft, 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 #8cc2e0
Complementary Color #1e5473
Color Shade: warm red (21.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.63% (better contrasting with white)
Peruvian Soil Color Sample
Peruvian Soil Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #733d1f

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Peruvian Soil Color. The Peaty Brown color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sugar Almond (#935529) for more calm effect. Try Ancient Chest as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1e5473 is the best complementary color to Peruvian Soil. 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 #733d1f complementary color is Blumine, 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 Red Robin are #731e2a and #73671e. Thus found on the left and right of #733d1f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Crown of Thorns and Himalaya colors as they work well with Peruvian Soil.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Peruvian Soil palette consists of #1e2a73 and #1e7367 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1e5473). Try Lucky Point and Elm colors in combination with #733d1f, 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 #733d1f 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 Peruvian Soil. Thus Meteorite and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Peruvian Soil contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blumine, Forest Green, and Honey Flower split by 90° on the color wheel. #733d1f 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. Peruvian Soil tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#1e5473) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Blumine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1e733d and #731e54.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #733d1f is made of 56% red, 29% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Peruvian Soil has a hue angle of 21.43°, a saturation of 57.53% and a lightness of 28.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #733d1f is made of 0% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 32.94% yellow and 54.9% black ink.

HEX #733d1f
RGB Decimal rgb(115,61,31)
RGB Percentage 56%, 29%, 15%
CMYK 0, 21.18, 32.94, 54.9
HSL hsl(21.43,57.53%,28.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(21.43,73.04%,45.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.9912,20.9225,28.3567)
XYZ xyz(8.9863,7.0813,2.1895)
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