Sanguine Brown Color

#8d3d38

Sanguine Brown 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 #72c2c7
Complementary Color #38888d
Color Shade: mid red (3.53° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.63% (better contrasting with white)
Sanguine Brown Color Sample
Sanguine Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8d3d38

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sanguine Brown Color. The Habanero Chile 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 saturated alternative called Vermilion Red (#b5493a) for more energetic effect. Try Suzume Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#38888d is the best complementary color to Sanguine Brown. 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 #8d3d38 complementary color is Paradiso, 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 Sanguine Brown are #8d385d and #8d6738. Thus found on the left and right of #8d3d38 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Potters Clay colors as they work well with Sanguine Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sanguine Brown palette consists of #385d8d and #388d67 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#38888d). Try Chambray and Sea Green colors in combination with #8d3d38, 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 #8d3d38 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 Sanguine Brown. Thus Minsk and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sanguine Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Paradiso, Apple, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #8d3d38 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. Sanguine Brown tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#38888d) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plum – 120° from the complementary Paradiso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #388d3d and #8d3888.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8d3d38 is made of 55% red, 24% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Sanguine Brown has a hue angle of 3.53°, a saturation of 43.15% and a lightness of 38.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8d3d38 is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 44.71% black ink.

HEX #8d3d38
RGB Decimal rgb(141,61,56)
RGB Percentage 55%, 24%, 22%
CMYK 0, 31.37, 33.33, 44.71
HSL hsl(3.53,43.15%,38.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(3.53,60.28%,55.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.5287,33.6006,19.772)
XYZ xyz(13.3671,9.2857,4.8292)
;