Portabella Color

#937b6a

Portabella 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 #6c8495
Complementary Color #6a8293
Color Shade: warm red (24.88° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Portabella Color Sample
Portabella Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #937b6a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Portabella Color. The Landmark 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 Ceylonese (#756858) for more calm effect. Try Garret Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6a8293 is the best complementary color to Portabella. 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 #937b6a complementary color is Slate Gray, 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 Cement are #936a6d and #938f6a. Thus found on the left and right of #937b6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opium and Avocado colors as they work well with Portabella.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Portabella palette consists of #6a6d93 and #6a938f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a8293). Try Kimberly and Juniper colors in combination with #937b6a, 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 #937b6a 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 Portabella. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Portabella contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Highland, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #937b6a 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. Portabella tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6a8293) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Strikemaster – 120° from the complementary Slate Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a937b and #936a82.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #937b6a is made of 39% red, 33% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Portabella has a hue angle of 24.88°, a saturation of 16.21% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #937b6a is made of 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 16.08% yellow and 42.35% black ink.

HEX #937b6a
RGB Decimal rgb(147,123,106)
RGB Percentage 39%, 33%, 28%
CMYK 0, 9.41, 16.08, 42.35
HSL hsl(24.88,16.21%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24.88,27.89%,57.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.3949,6.5577,12.7529)
XYZ xyz(21.7171,21.4096,16.6235)
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