Roan Rouge Color

#885157

Roan Rouge 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 #77aea8
Complementary Color #518882
Color Shade: cool red (353.45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.55% (better contrasting with white)
Roan Rouge Color Sample
Roan Rouge Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #885157

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Roan Rouge Color. The Montrose Rose color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Topinambur Root (#aa5c71) for more energetic effect. Try Rose Brocade as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#518882 is the best complementary color to Roan Rouge. 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 #885157 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 #885172 and #886651. Thus found on the left and right of #885157 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cannon Pink and Shadow colors as they work well with Roan Rouge.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Roan Rouge palette consists of #517288 and #518866 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#518882). Try Bismark and Spring Leaves colors in combination with #885157, 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 #885157 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 Roan Rouge. Thus East Bay and Hippie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Roan Rouge contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Smalt Blue, Dingley, and Butterfly Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #885157 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. Roan Rouge tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#518882) and two others. The Hippie Green 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 #578851 and #825188.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #885157 is made of 45% red, 27% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Roan Rouge has a hue angle of 353.45°, a saturation of 25.35% and a lightness of 42.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #885157 is made of 0% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 19.21% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #885157
RGB Decimal rgb(136,81,87)
RGB Percentage 45%, 27%, 29%
CMYK 0, 21.57, 19.21, 46.67
HSL hsl(353.45,25.35%,42.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(353.45,40.44%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.9081,23.7991,6.359)
XYZ xyz(14.8161,11.8072,10.515)
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