Red Brown Color

#a52a2f

Red Brown is deep, 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 #5ad5d0
Complementary Color #29a59f
Color Shade: cool red (357.56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.59% (better contrasting with white)
Red Brown Color Sample
Red Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a52a2f

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Brown Color. The Infrared Flush color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Calypso Berry (#c53a4b) for more calm effect. Try Deep Dairei Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#29a59f is the best complementary color to Red Brown. 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 #a52a2f complementary color is Jungle Green, 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 Mexican Red are #a5296c and #a56229. Thus found on the left and right of #a52a2f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hibiscus and Paarl colors as they work well with Red Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Brown palette consists of #296ca5 and #29a562 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#29a59f). Try Jelly Bean and Eucalyptus colors in combination with #a52a2f, 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 #a52a2f 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 Red Brown. Thus Governor Bay and Forest Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jungle Green, Olive Drab, and Daisy Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #a52a2f 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. Red Brown tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#29a59f) and two others. The Forest Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Seance – 120° from the complementary Jungle Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2fa529 and #9f29a5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a52a2f is made of 65% red, 17% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Red Brown has a hue angle of 357.56°, a saturation of 59.42% and a lightness of 40.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a52a2f is made of 0% cyan, 48.24% magenta, 46.28% yellow and 35.29% black ink.

HEX #a52a2f
RGB Decimal rgb(165,42,47)
RGB Percentage 65%, 17%, 19%
CMYK 0, 48.24, 46.28, 35.29
HSL hsl(357.56,59.42%,40.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(357.56,74.55%,64.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.5909,49.9318,27.5939)
XYZ xyz(16.8581,9.8605,3.7041)
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