Plumburn Color

#7d665f

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

Inverse Color #8299a0
Complementary Color #5f767d
Color Shade: mid red (14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.14% (better contrasting with white)
Plumburn Color Sample
Plumburn Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7d665f

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Plumburn Color. The Eastlake Lavender color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Hurricane (#8b7e77) for more calm effect. Try Smokescreen as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5f767d is the best complementary color to Plumburn. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7d665f complementary color is Nevada, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sand Dune are #7d5f67 and #7d755f. Thus found on the left and right of #7d665f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Falcon and Pablo colors as they work well with Plumburn.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plumburn palette consists of #5f677d and #5f7d75 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5f767d). Try Shuttle Gray and Viridian Green colors in combination with #7d665f, 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 #7d665f 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 Plumburn. Thus Dolphin and Glade Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plumburn contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nevada, Willow Grove, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #7d665f square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid 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. Plumburn tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#5f767d) and two others. The Glade Green 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 #5f7d66 and #7d5f75.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7d665f is made of 39% red, 32% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Plumburn has a hue angle of 14°, a saturation of 13.64% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7d665f is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 11.77% yellow and 50.98% black ink.

HEX #7d665f
RGB Decimal rgb(125,102,95)
RGB Percentage 39%, 32%, 30%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 11.77, 50.98
HSL hsl(14,13.64%,43.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(14,24%,49.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.2052,8.0236,7.4072)
XYZ xyz(15.2744,14.6889,12.8567)
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