Powder Room Color

#a14d52

Powder Room is calm, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #5eb2ad
Complementary Color #4ca19c
Color Shade: cool red (356.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Powder Room Color Sample
Powder Room Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a14d52

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Powder Room Color. The Honey Chili color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cinnamon Cherry (#794344) for more calm effect. Try Candy Drop as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4ca19c is the best complementary color to Powder Room. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a14d52 complementary color is Hippie Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Copper Rust are #a14c7c and #a1724c. Thus found on the left and right of #a14d52 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cadillac and Cape Palliser colors as they work well with Powder Room.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Powder Room palette consists of #4c7ba1 and #4ca172 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4ca19c). Try Wedgewood and Fruit Salad colors in combination with #a14d52, 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 #a14d52 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Powder Room. Thus Victoria and Fruit Salad giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Powder Room contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Chelsea Cucumber, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #a14d52 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Powder Room tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#4ca19c) and two others. The Fruit Salad is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Affair – 120° from the complementary Hippie Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #51a14c and #9c4ca1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a14d52 is made of 50% red, 24% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Powder Room has a hue angle of 356.43°, a saturation of 35.29% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a14d52 is made of 0% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 36.86% black ink.

HEX #a14d52
RGB Decimal rgb(161,77,82)
RGB Percentage 50%, 24%, 26%
CMYK 0, 32.94, 30.98, 36.86
HSL hsl(356.43,35.29%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.43,52.17%,63.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.4984,35.2516,13.591)
XYZ xyz(18.8748,13.494,9.5924)
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