Rookwood Brown Color

#7f614a

Rookwood Brown 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 #809eb5
Complementary Color #4a687f
Color Shade: warm red (26.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.41% (better contrasting with white)
Rookwood Brown Color Sample
Rookwood Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7f614a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rookwood Brown Color. The Petrified Oak color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Red Rock Falls (#a27253) for more energetic effect. Try Copra as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4a687f is the best complementary color to Rookwood Brown. 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 #7f614a 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 #7f4a4d and #7f7b4a. Thus found on the left and right of #7f614a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Roman Coffee and Shadow colors as they work well with Rookwood Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rookwood Brown palette consists of #4a4d7f and #4a7f7b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a687f). Try East Bay and Faded Jade colors in combination with #7f614a, 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 #7f614a 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 Rookwood Brown. Thus Butterfly Bush and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rookwood Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Hippie Green, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #7f614a 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. Rookwood Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4a687f) and two others. The Como is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4a7f61 and #7f4a67.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7f614a is made of 43% red, 33% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Rookwood Brown has a hue angle of 26.04°, a saturation of 26.37% and a lightness of 39.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7f614a is made of 0% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 20.78% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #7f614a
RGB Decimal rgb(127,97,74)
RGB Percentage 43%, 33%, 25%
CMYK 0, 11.76, 20.78, 50.2
HSL hsl(26.04,26.37%,39.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(26.04,41.73%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.5891,8.8529,17.7911)
XYZ xyz(14.2631,13.5558,8.3434)
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