French Truffle is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #76929e |
| Complementary Color | #617c89 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (18° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 45.88% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to French Truffle Color. The Cobblestone Path color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Back Stage (#6b625b) for more calm effect. Try Ancient Pottery as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#617c89 is the best complementary color to French Truffle. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #896d61 complementary color is Slate Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cement are #896169 and #898161. Thus found on the left and right of #896d61 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Falcon and Clay Creek colors as they work well with French Truffle.
The split-complementary French Truffle palette consists of #616989 and #618981 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#617c89). Try Comet and Viridian Green colors in combination with #896d61, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #896d61 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the French Truffle. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of French Truffle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Highland, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #896d61 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. French Truffle tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#617c89) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Strikemaster – 120° from the complementary Slate Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #61896d and #89617c.
In a RGB color space, hex #896d61 is made of 40% red, 32% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode French Truffle has a hue angle of 18°, a saturation of 17.09% and a lightness of 45.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #896d61 is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 15.69% yellow and 46.27% black ink.
| HEX | #896d61 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(137,109,97) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 32%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 10.98, 15.69, 46.27 |
| HSL | hsl(18,17.09%,45.88%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(18,29.2%,53.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.4093,9.2014,10.91) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.9428,17.1187,13.6678) |