Leather Work Color

#8a6347

Leather Work 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 #759cb8
Complementary Color #476d8a
Color Shade: warm red (25.07° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.98% (better contrasting with white)
Leather Work Color Sample
Leather Work Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a6347

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Leather Work Color. The Westminster color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Tuscan Soil (#a67b5b) for more calm effect. Try Calthan Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#476d8a is the best complementary color to Leather Work. 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 #8a6347 complementary color is Bismark, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Spicy Mix are #8a474c and #8a8447. Thus found on the left and right of #8a6347 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Shadow colors as they work well with Leather Work.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Leather Work palette consists of #474c8a and #478a84 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#476d8a). Try East Bay and Faded Jade colors in combination with #8a6347, 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 #8a6347 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 Leather Work. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Leather Work contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bismark, Hippie Green, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a6347 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Leather Work tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#476d8a) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Bismark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #478a63 and #8a476e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a6347 is made of 45% red, 32% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Leather Work has a hue angle of 25.07°, a saturation of 32.06% and a lightness of 40.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a6347 is made of 0% cyan, 15.3% magenta, 26.28% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a6347
RGB Decimal rgb(138,99,71)
RGB Percentage 45%, 32%, 23%
CMYK 0, 15.3, 26.28, 45.88
HSL hsl(25.07,32.06%,40.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.07,48.55%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.334,12.1682,22.0969)
XYZ xyz(16.0804,14.7819,7.9669)
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