Texas Boots Color

#8b6947

Texas Boots is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #7496b8
Complementary Color #47688b
Color Shade: warm red (30° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.18% (better contrasting with white)
Texas Boots Color Sample
Texas Boots Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8b6947

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Texas Boots Color. The Loquat Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Rookwood Antique Gold (#a58258) for more calm effect. Try Wood Thrush as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#47688b is the best complementary color to Texas Boots. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8b6947 complementary color is Kashmir Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Spicy Mix are #8b4747 and #8a8b47. Thus found on the left and right of #8b6947 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Sycamore colors as they work well with Texas Boots.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Texas Boots palette consists of #47478b and #478a8b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#47688b). Try Victoria and Smalt Blue colors in combination with #8b6947, 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 #8b6947 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 Texas Boots. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Texas Boots contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kashmir Blue, Hippie Green, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b6947 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, blue cyan and mid 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. Texas Boots tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#47688b) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Kashmir Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #478b69 and #8b4769.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8b6947 is made of 44% red, 33% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Texas Boots has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 32.38% and a lightness of 41.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b6947 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #8b6947
RGB Decimal rgb(139,105,71)
RGB Percentage 44%, 33%, 23%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 26.67, 45.49
HSL hsl(30,32.38%,41.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30,48.92%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.0362,9.0986,24.3225)
XYZ xyz(16.8364,16.0471,8.1713)
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