Weathered Leather Color

#90614a

Weathered Leather is pale, 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 #6f9eb5
Complementary Color #497990
Color Shade: warm red (19.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.75% (better contrasting with white)
Weathered Leather Color Sample
Weathered Leather Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #90614a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Weathered Leather Color. The Calthan Brown 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 Burned Brown (#6f4b3e) for more calm effect. Try Evolution as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#497990 is the best complementary color to Weathered Leather. 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 #90614a complementary color is Wedgewood, 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 Spicy Mix are #904956 and #908449. Thus found on the left and right of #90614a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Shadow colors as they work well with Weathered Leather.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Weathered Leather palette consists of #495590 and #499084 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#497990). Try East Bay and Viridian colors in combination with #90614a, 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 #90614a 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 Weathered Leather. Thus Butterfly Bush and Fruit Salad giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Weathered Leather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wedgewood, Hippie Green, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #90614a 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. Weathered Leather tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#497990) and two others. The Fruit Salad is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Wedgewood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #499061 and #904979.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #90614a is made of 46% red, 31% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Weathered Leather has a hue angle of 19.71°, a saturation of 32.11% and a lightness of 42.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #90614a is made of 0% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 27.45% yellow and 43.53% black ink.

HEX #90614a
RGB Decimal rgb(144,97,74)
RGB Percentage 46%, 31%, 23%
CMYK 0, 18.43, 27.45, 43.53
HSL hsl(19.71,32.11%,42.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(19.71,48.61%,56.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.5973,16.2753,20.8191)
XYZ xyz(17.0123,14.9731,8.472)
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