Apple Butter is calm, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #7bb4b2 |
| Complementary Color | #4a8481 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (357.89° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40.59% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Apple Butter Color. The Grenadine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cajun Brown (#5f3e41) for more calm effect. Try Vulcan Burgundy as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4a8481 is the best complementary color to Apple Butter. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #844b4d complementary color is Faded Jade, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Spicy Mix are #844a69 and #84654a. Thus found on the left and right of #844b4d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cannon Pink and Shadow colors as they work well with Apple Butter.
The split-complementary Apple Butter palette consists of #4a6984 and #4a8465 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a8481). Try Bismark and Como colors in combination with #844b4d, 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 #844b4d offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Apple Butter. Thus East Bay and Hippie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Apple Butter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Faded Jade, Dingley, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #844b4d square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Apple Butter tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#4a8481) and two others. The Hippie Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Affair – 120° from the complementary Faded Jade. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d844a and #824a84.
In a RGB color space, hex #844b4d is made of 46% red, 26% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Apple Butter has a hue angle of 357.89°, a saturation of 27.54% and a lightness of 40.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #844b4d is made of 0% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 21.56% yellow and 48.24% black ink.
| HEX | #844b4d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(132,75,77) |
| RGB Percentage | 46%, 26%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 22.35, 21.56, 48.24 |
| HSL | hsl(357.89,27.54%,40.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(357.89,43.18%,51.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.6792,24.3591,9.3438) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.3714,10.4735,8.338) |