Currant Jam Color

#884a50

Currant Jam 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 #77b5af
Complementary Color #4a8782
Color Shade: cool red (354.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.18% (better contrasting with white)
Currant Jam Color Sample
Currant Jam Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #884a50

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Currant Jam Color. The Splatter 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 Kissed by a Zombies (#b15363) for more energetic effect. Try Deep Maroon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4a8782 is the best complementary color to Currant Jam. 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 #884a50 complementary color is Faded Jade, 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 Copper Rust are #874a6f and #87624a. Thus found on the left and right of #884a50 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cannon Pink and Spicy Mix colors as they work well with Currant Jam.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Currant Jam palette consists of #4a6f87 and #4a8763 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a8782). Try Bismark and Viridian colors in combination with #884a50, 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 #884a50 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 Currant Jam. Thus East Bay and Hippie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Currant Jam contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Faded Jade, Dingley, and Butterfly Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #884a50 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. Currant Jam tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#4a8782) 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 #50874a and #814a87.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #884a50 is made of 47% red, 26% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Currant Jam has a hue angle of 354.19°, a saturation of 29.52% and a lightness of 41.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #884a50 is made of 0% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #884a50
RGB Decimal rgb(136,74,80)
RGB Percentage 47%, 26%, 28%
CMYK 0, 24.31, 21.96, 46.67
HSL hsl(354.19,29.52%,41.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(354.19,45.59%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.0894,26.9187,8.1313)
XYZ xyz(14.0501,10.711,8.9163)
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