Pastel 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 | #7c96ac |
| Complementary Color | #526d83 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (27.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 41.96% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pastel Brown Color. The Smokey Topaz 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 Monkey Madness (#63584c) for more calm effect. Try Macchiato as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#526d83 is the best complementary color to Pastel 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 #836953 complementary color is Blue Bayoux, 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 Shadow are #835254 and #838152. Thus found on the left and right of #836953 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Roman Coffee and Shadow colors as they work well with Pastel Brown.
The split-complementary Pastel Brown palette consists of #525483 and #528381 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#526d83). Try East Bay and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #836953, 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 #836953 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 Pastel Brown. Thus Butterfly Bush and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pastel Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Hippie Green, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #836953 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. Pastel Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#526d83) and two others. The Como 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 #528369 and #83526d.
In a RGB color space, hex #836953 is made of 41% red, 33% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Pastel Brown has a hue angle of 27.5°, a saturation of 22.43% and a lightness of 41.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #836953 is made of 0% cyan, 10.19% magenta, 18.82% yellow and 48.63% black ink.
| HEX | #836953 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(131,105,83) |
| RGB Percentage | 41%, 33%, 26% |
| CMYK | 0, 10.19, 18.82, 48.63 |
| HSL | hsl(27.5,22.43%,41.96%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(27.5,36.64%,51.37%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(46.3825,7.0318,16.2983) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.973,15.553,10.3438) |