Kindling 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 | #858f97 |
Complementary Color | #67717a |
Color Shade: | warm red (26.67° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 44.31% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Kindling Color. The Empire Ranch 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 Looking Glass (#888786) for more calm effect. Try Timber Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#67717a is the best complementary color to Kindling. 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 #7a7068 complementary color is Nevada, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sandstone are #7a6769 and #7a7967. Thus found on the left and right of #7a7068 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Pink and Bandicoot colors as they work well with Kindling.
The split-complementary Kindling palette consists of #67697a and #677a79 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#67717a). Try Dolphin and Sirocco colors in combination with #7a7068, 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 #7a7068 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 Kindling. Thus Dolphin and Corduroy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Kindling contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nevada, Willow Grove, and Salt Box split by 90° on the color wheel. #7a7068 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Kindling tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#67717a) and two others. The Corduroy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Nevada. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #677a70 and #7a6772.
In a RGB color space, hex #7a7068 is made of 36% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Kindling has a hue angle of 26.67°, a saturation of 7.96% and a lightness of 44.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7a7068 is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 7.06% yellow and 52.16% black ink.
HEX | #7a7068 |
RGB Decimal | rgb(122,112,104) |
RGB Percentage | 36%, 33%, 31% |
CMYK | 0, 3.92, 7.06, 52.16 |
HSL | hsl(26.67,7.96%,44.31%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(26.67,14.75%,47.84%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(47.9121,2.4159,5.8433) |
XYZ | xyz(16.3189,16.7254,15.4649) |