Flower Pot Color

#8f4438

Flower Pot 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 #70bbc7
Complementary Color #38838f
Color Shade: mid red (8.28° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.02% (better contrasting with white)
Flower Pot Color Sample
Flower Pot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8f4438

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Flower Pot Color. The Hot Chilli 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 Mandalay Road (#a05f45) for more calm effect. Try Chuckles as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#38838f is the best complementary color to Flower Pot. 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 #8f4438 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 #8f3857 and #8f6f38. Thus found on the left and right of #8f4438 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Potters Clay colors as they work well with Flower Pot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flower Pot palette consists of #38578f and #388f6f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#38838f). Try Chambray and Sea Green colors in combination with #8f4438, 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 #8f4438 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 Flower Pot. Thus Gigas and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flower Pot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Paradiso, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #8f4438 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. Flower Pot tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#38838f) 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 #388f44 and #8f3883.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8f4438 is made of 54% red, 25% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Flower Pot has a hue angle of 8.28°, a saturation of 43.72% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8f4438 is made of 0% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 34.12% yellow and 43.92% black ink.

HEX #8f4438
RGB Decimal rgb(143,68,56)
RGB Percentage 54%, 25%, 21%
CMYK 0, 29.41, 34.12, 43.92
HSL hsl(8.28,43.72%,39.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(8.28,60.84%,56.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.304,30.6704,22.1128)
XYZ xyz(14.1086,10.2594,4.978)
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