Flowering Chestnut Color

#875657

Flowering Chestnut is pale, 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 #78a9a8
Complementary Color #568786
Color Shade: cool red (358.78° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Flowering Chestnut Color Sample
Flowering Chestnut Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #875657

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Flowering Chestnut Color. The Delhi Spice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Spiced Tea (#ab6162) for more energetic effect. Try Cinnapink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#568786 is the best complementary color to Flowering Chestnut. 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 #875657 complementary color is Smalt Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Au Chico are #87566f and #876d56. Thus found on the left and right of #875657 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Falcon and Shadow colors as they work well with Flowering Chestnut.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flowering Chestnut palette consists of #566f87 and #56876d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#568786). Try Blue Bayoux and Spring Leaves colors in combination with #875657, 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 #875657 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 Flowering Chestnut. Thus Comet and Spring Leaves giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flowering Chestnut contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Smalt Blue, Highland, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #875657 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Flowering Chestnut tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#568786) and two others. The Spring Leaves is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Smalt Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #578756 and #855687.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #875657 is made of 44% red, 28% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Flowering Chestnut has a hue angle of 358.78°, a saturation of 22.17% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #875657 is made of 0% cyan, 19.21% magenta, 18.82% yellow and 47.06% black ink.

HEX #875657
RGB Decimal rgb(135,86,87)
RGB Percentage 44%, 28%, 28%
CMYK 0, 19.21, 18.82, 47.06
HSL hsl(358.78,22.17%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(358.78,36.3%,52.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.9916,20.476,7.8769)
XYZ xyz(15.0398,12.4946,10.6358)
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