Spanish Chestnut Color

#7f5f52

Spanish Chestnut 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 #80a0ad
Complementary Color #52727e
Color Shade: warm red (17.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.98% (better contrasting with white)
Spanish Chestnut Color Sample
Spanish Chestnut Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7f5f52

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Spanish Chestnut Color. The Kurumizome Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cafe Expreso (#5e4c48) for more calm effect. Try Turf as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#52727e is the best complementary color to Spanish Chestnut. 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 #7f5f52 complementary color is Blue Bayoux, 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 Roman Coffee are #7e525b and #7e7552. Thus found on the left and right of #7f5f52 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Shadow colors as they work well with Spanish Chestnut.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spanish Chestnut palette consists of #525b7e and #527e75 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#52727e). Try Blue Bayoux and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #7f5f52, 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 #7f5f52 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 Spanish Chestnut. Thus Smoky and Spring Leaves giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spanish Chestnut contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Hippie Green, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #7f5f52 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. Spanish Chestnut tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#52727e) and two others. The Spring Leaves is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #527e5e and #7e5272.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7f5f52 is made of 42% red, 31% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Spanish Chestnut has a hue angle of 17.33°, a saturation of 21.53% and a lightness of 40.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7f5f52 is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 17.64% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #7f5f52
RGB Decimal rgb(127,95,82)
RGB Percentage 42%, 31%, 27%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 17.64, 50.2
HSL hsl(17.33,21.53%,40.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(17.33,35.43%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.2202,11.09,12.4935)
XYZ xyz(14.3676,13.3056,9.7936)
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