Polished Brown is calm, 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 | #67aac7 |
| Complementary Color | #377b98 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (18.13° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40.78% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Polished Brown Color. The Truepenny color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lava Core (#764031) for more calm effect. Try Autumn Umber as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#377b98 is the best complementary color to Polished Brown. 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 #985538 complementary color is Calypso, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Potters Clay are #98374a and #988537. Thus found on the left and right of #985538 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Solid Pink and Sycamore colors as they work well with Polished Brown.
The split-complementary Polished Brown palette consists of #374a98 and #379885 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#377b98). Try Chambray and Lochinvar colors in combination with #985538, 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 #985538 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 Polished Brown. Thus Gigas and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Polished Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Calypso, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #985538 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Polished Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#377b98) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rouge – 120° from the complementary Calypso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #379855 and #98377a.
In a RGB color space, hex #985538 is made of 52% red, 29% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Polished Brown has a hue angle of 18.13°, a saturation of 46.15% and a lightness of 40.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #985538 is made of 0% cyan, 26.28% magenta, 37.65% yellow and 40.39% black ink.
| HEX | #985538 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(152,85,56) |
| RGB Percentage | 52%, 29%, 19% |
| CMYK | 0, 26.28, 37.65, 40.39 |
| HSL | hsl(18.13,46.15%,40.78%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(18.13,63.16%,59.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.4453,24.992,28.7952) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.9112,13.4579,5.4477) |