Olive Niçoise Color

#88432e

Olive Niçoise is soft, 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 #77bcd1
Complementary Color #2e7288
Color Shade: mid red (14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.69% (better contrasting with white)
Olive Niçoise Color Sample
Olive Niçoise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #88432e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Olive Niçoise Color. The Mandalay Road color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Hearty Orange (#b44b34) for more energetic effect. Try Summer Heat as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2e7288 is the best complementary color to Olive Niçoise. 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 #88432e complementary color is Calypso, 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 Mule Fawn are #882e45 and #886f2e. Thus found on the left and right of #88432e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Pesto colors as they work well with Olive Niçoise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Olive Niçoise palette consists of #2e4588 and #2e8870 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2e7288). Try Chambray and Lochinvar colors in combination with #88432e, 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 #88432e 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 Olive Niçoise. Thus Minsk and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Olive Niçoise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Calypso, Apple, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #88432e 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. Olive Niçoise tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#2e7288) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plum – 120° from the complementary Calypso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2e8843 and #882e72.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #88432e is made of 55% red, 27% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Olive Niçoise has a hue angle of 14°, a saturation of 49.45% and a lightness of 35.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #88432e is made of 0% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #88432e
RGB Decimal rgb(136,67,46)
RGB Percentage 55%, 27%, 18%
CMYK 0, 27.06, 35.29, 46.67
HSL hsl(14,49.45%,35.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(14,66.18%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.8288,27.5963,26.0649)
XYZ xyz(12.6536,9.4458,3.7411)
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