Tense Terracotta Color

#a35732

Tense Terracotta is soft, 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 #5ca8cd
Complementary Color #327da2
Color Shade: warm red (19.65° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.76% (better contrasting with white)
Tense Terracotta Color Sample
Tense Terracotta Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a35732

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Tense Terracotta Color. The Winter Sunset 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 Arabian Spice (#884332) for more calm effect. Try Nutmeg as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#327da2 is the best complementary color to Tense Terracotta. 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 #a35732 complementary color is Astral, 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 Paarl are #a23245 and #a28f32. Thus found on the left and right of #a35732 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Stiletto and Luxor Gold colors as they work well with Tense Terracotta.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tense Terracotta palette consists of #3245a2 and #32a28f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#327da2). Try Sapphire and Keppel colors in combination with #a35732, 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 #a35732 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 Tense Terracotta. Thus Gigas and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tense Terracotta contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Astral, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a35732 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. Tense Terracotta tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#327da2) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Heath – 120° from the complementary Astral. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #32a257 and #a2327d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a35732 is made of 54% red, 29% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Tense Terracotta has a hue angle of 19.65°, a saturation of 53.05% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a35732 is made of 0% cyan, 29.8% magenta, 44.31% yellow and 36.08% black ink.

HEX #a35732
RGB Decimal rgb(163,87,50)
RGB Percentage 54%, 29%, 17%
CMYK 0, 29.8, 44.31, 36.08
HSL hsl(19.65,53.05%,41.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(19.65,69.33%,63.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.4049,28.1288,34.8543)
XYZ xyz(19.0882,14.8332,4.8747)
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