Gingerbread Color

#8c4a2f

Gingerbread is soft, 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 #73b5d0
Complementary Color #2f708c
Color Shade: warm red (17.42° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Gingerbread Color Sample
Gingerbread Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c4a2f

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Gingerbread Color. The Smoked Paprika color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Van Dyke Brown (#664228) for more calm effect. Try Hihada Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2f708c is the best complementary color to Gingerbread. 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 #8c4a2f complementary color is Calypso, 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 Mule Fawn are #8c2f42 and #8c782f. Thus found on the left and right of #8c4a2f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Stiletto and Pesto colors as they work well with Gingerbread.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gingerbread palette consists of #2f428c and #2f8c78 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2f708c). Try Chambray and Lochinvar colors in combination with #8c4a2f, 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 #8c4a2f 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 Gingerbread. Thus Minsk and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gingerbread contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Calypso, Apple, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c4a2f 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. Gingerbread tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#2f708c) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plum – 120° from the complementary Calypso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2f8c4a and #8c2f71.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c4a2f is made of 54% red, 28% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Gingerbread has a hue angle of 17.42°, a saturation of 49.73% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c4a2f is made of 0% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 36.47% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c4a2f
RGB Decimal rgb(140,74,47)
RGB Percentage 54%, 28%, 18%
CMYK 0, 25.88, 36.47, 45.1
HSL hsl(17.42,49.73%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(17.42,66.43%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.0332,25.4374,28.2645)
XYZ xyz(13.7771,10.6782,4.0243)
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