Bookstone Color

#8c3432

Bookstone is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #73cbcd
Complementary Color #31898c
Color Shade: mid red (1.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 37.25% (better contrasting with white)
Bookstone Color Sample
Bookstone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c3432

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Bookstone Color. The Pesto Rosso color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Indian Summer (#a85143) for more calm effect. Try Maine-Anjou Cattle as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#31898c is the best complementary color to Bookstone. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8c3432 complementary color is Lochinvar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of El Salva are #8c315c and #8c6131. Thus found on the left and right of #8c3432 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Potters Clay colors as they work well with Bookstone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bookstone palette consists of #315c8c and #318c61 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#31898c). Try Chambray and Sea Green colors in combination with #8c3432, 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 #8c3432 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bookstone. Thus Minsk and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bookstone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lochinvar, Crete, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c3432 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Bookstone tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#31898c) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plum – 120° from the complementary Lochinvar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #318c34 and #8c3189.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c3432 is made of 58% red, 21% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Bookstone has a hue angle of 1.33°, a saturation of 47.37% and a lightness of 37.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c3432 is made of 0% cyan, 34.51% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c3432
RGB Decimal rgb(140,52,50)
RGB Percentage 58%, 21%, 21%
CMYK 0, 34.51, 35.29, 45.1
HSL hsl(1.33,47.37%,37.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(1.33,64.29%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(34.5221,37.3054,20.915)
XYZ xyz(12.6189,8.2617,3.9472)
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