Apple Polish Color

#883e3f

Apple Polish 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 #77c1c0
Complementary Color #3e8886
Color Shade: cool red (359.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.82% (better contrasting with white)
Apple Polish Color Sample
Apple Polish Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #883e3f

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Apple Polish Color. The English Red 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 Purple Brown (#673a3f) for more calm effect. Try Cuban Rhythm as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3e8886 is the best complementary color to Apple Polish. 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 #883e3f complementary color is Ming, 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 Lotus are #883e63 and #88623e. Thus found on the left and right of #883e3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cannon Pink and Spicy Mix colors as they work well with Apple Polish.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Apple Polish palette consists of #3e6388 and #3e8862 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3e8886). Try Ming and Viridian colors in combination with #883e3f, 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 #883e3f 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 Polish. Thus Victoria and Goblin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Apple Polish contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ming, Fern Green, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #883e3f 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. Apple Polish tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#3e8886) and two others. The Goblin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vivid Violet – 120° from the complementary Ming. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e883e and #863e88.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #883e3f is made of 52% red, 24% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Apple Polish has a hue angle of 359.19°, a saturation of 37.37% and a lightness of 38.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #883e3f is made of 0% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 28.62% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #883e3f
RGB Decimal rgb(136,62,63)
RGB Percentage 52%, 24%, 24%
CMYK 0, 29.02, 28.62, 46.67
HSL hsl(359.19,37.37%,38.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(359.19,54.41%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.0581,31.72,14.6157)
XYZ xyz(12.7732,9.0384,5.774)
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