Kindling Color

#7a7068

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)
Kindling Color Sample
Kindling Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7a7068

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.

Complementary Palette

#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.

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 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.

Split-complementary Palette

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.

Triadic Palette

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.

Square Palette

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.

Tetradic Palette

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.

Conversion Table

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)
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