Wet Adobe Color

#a3623b

Wet Adobe 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 #5c9dc4
Complementary Color #3b7ba3
Color Shade: warm red (22.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.53% (better contrasting with white)
Wet Adobe Color Sample
Wet Adobe Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a3623b

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Wet Adobe Color. The Chai Spice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sierra Redwood (#924e3c) for more calm effect. Try Japanese Iris as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3b7ba3 is the best complementary color to Wet Adobe. 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 #a3623b 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 Brown Rust are #a33b48 and #a3953b. Thus found on the left and right of #a3623b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Night Shadz and Sycamore colors as they work well with Wet Adobe.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wet Adobe palette consists of #3b47a3 and #3ba396 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3b7ba3). Try Chambray and Keppel colors in combination with #a3623b, 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 #a3623b 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 Wet Adobe. Thus Royal Purple and Chateau Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wet Adobe contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Astral, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a3623b 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. Wet Adobe tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3b7ba3) and two others. The Chateau Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rouge – 120° from the complementary Astral. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3ba362 and #a33b7b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a3623b is made of 51% red, 31% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Wet Adobe has a hue angle of 22.5°, a saturation of 46.85% and a lightness of 43.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a3623b is made of 0% cyan, 25.49% magenta, 40.78% yellow and 36.08% black ink.

HEX #a3623b
RGB Decimal rgb(163,98,59)
RGB Percentage 51%, 31%, 18%
CMYK 0, 25.49, 40.78, 36.08
HSL hsl(22.5,46.85%,43.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(22.5,63.8%,63.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.0548,22.5865,33.0032)
XYZ xyz(20.2614,16.8377,6.3198)
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