Oakwood Brown is pale, 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 | #708e91 |
| Complementary Color | #6e8c8f |
| Color Shade: | mid red (5.45° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Oakwood Brown Color. The Rising Ash color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Warm Haze (#736967) for more calm effect. Try Fashion Week as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6e8c8f is the best complementary color to Oakwood 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 #8f716e complementary color is Juniper, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Opium are #8f6e7b and #8f816e. Thus found on the left and right of #8f716e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bazaar and Stonewall colors as they work well with Oakwood Brown.
The split-complementary Oakwood Brown palette consists of #6e7b8f and #6e8f81 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e8c8f). Try Slate Gray and Viridian Green colors in combination with #8f716e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #8f716e 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 Oakwood Brown. Thus Storm Gray and Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Oakwood Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Battleship Gray, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #8f716e square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Oakwood Brown tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#6e8c8f) and two others. The Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e8f71 and #8f6e8c.
In a RGB color space, hex #8f716e is made of 39% red, 31% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Oakwood Brown has a hue angle of 5.45°, a saturation of 13.04% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8f716e is made of 0% cyan, 11.77% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 43.92% black ink.
| HEX | #8f716e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(143,113,110) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 31%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 11.77, 12.94, 43.92 |
| HSL | hsl(5.45,13.04%,49.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(5.45,23.08%,56.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(50.4237,11.3202,6.1592) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.0473,18.7757,17.3193) |