Spice of Life Color

#86493f

Spice of Life is calm, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #79b6c0
Complementary Color #3f7b86
Color Shade: mid red (8.45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.63% (better contrasting with white)
Spice of Life Color Sample
Spice of Life Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #86493f

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Spice of Life Color. The Deer Tracks color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Hereford Bull (#5f3b36) for more calm effect. Try Teak Wood as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3f7b86 is the best complementary color to Spice of Life. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #86493f complementary color is Ming, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Ironstone are #863f58 and #866c3f. Thus found on the left and right of #86493f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cannon Pink and Yellow Metal colors as they work well with Spice of Life.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spice of Life palette consists of #3f5886 and #3f866c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f7b86). Try East Bay and Viridian colors in combination with #86493f, 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 #86493f offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spice of Life. Thus Victoria and Goblin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spice of Life contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ming, Fern Green, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #86493f square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Spice of Life tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#3f7b86) and two others. The Goblin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Ming. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3f8648 and #863f7b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #86493f is made of 50% red, 27% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Spice of Life has a hue angle of 8.45°, a saturation of 36.04% and a lightness of 38.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #86493f is made of 0% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 27.84% yellow and 47.45% black ink.

HEX #86493f
RGB Decimal rgb(134,73,63)
RGB Percentage 50%, 27%, 23%
CMYK 0, 23.92, 27.84, 47.45
HSL hsl(8.45,36.04%,38.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(8.45,52.99%,52.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.1854,24.7905,17.405)
XYZ xyz(13.1113,10.1923,5.9789)
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