Caribou 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 | #7e92a1 |
| Complementary Color | #5e7181 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (25.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 43.73% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Caribou Color. The Toast 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 saturated alternative called Dustwallow Marsh (#685243) for more energetic effect. Try Metropolis as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5e7181 is the best complementary color to Caribou. 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 #816d5e 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 Sand Dune are #815e60 and #817e5e. Thus found on the left and right of #816d5e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Russett and Clay Creek colors as they work well with Caribou.
The split-complementary Caribou palette consists of #5e6081 and #5e817e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e7181). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #816d5e, 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 #816d5e 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 Caribou. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Caribou contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nevada, Glade Green, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #816d5e 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. Caribou tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5e7181) and two others. The Viridian 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 #5e816d and #815e71.
In a RGB color space, hex #816d5e is made of 39% red, 33% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Caribou has a hue angle of 25.71°, a saturation of 15.7% and a lightness of 43.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #816d5e is made of 0% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 13.73% yellow and 49.41% black ink.
| HEX | #816d5e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(129,109,94) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 33%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.84, 13.73, 49.41 |
| HSL | hsl(25.71,15.7%,43.73%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(25.71,27.13%,50.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.5112,5.4066,11.3092) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.5423,16.4126,12.8857) |