Royal Rum Color

#a54a4a

Royal Rum is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #5ab5b5
Complementary Color #4aa4a4
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.86% (better contrasting with white)
Royal Rum Color Sample
Royal Rum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a54a4a

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Royal Rum Color. The January Garnet color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lord Baltimore (#b76764) for more calm effect. Try Colonial Brick as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4aa4a4 is the best complementary color to Royal Rum. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a54a4a complementary color is Hippie Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Copper Rust are #a44a77 and #a4774a. Thus found on the left and right of #a54a4a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cadillac and Cape Palliser colors as they work well with Royal Rum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Royal Rum palette consists of #4a77a4 and #4aa477 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4aa4a4). Try Wedgewood and Ocean Green colors in combination with #a54a4a, 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 #a54a4a 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 Royal Rum. Thus Victoria and Fruit Salad giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Royal Rum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Chelsea Cucumber, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #a54a4a square combo is a palette of mid 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. Royal Rum tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#4aa4a4) and two others. The Fruit Salad is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fuchsia Pink – 120° from the complementary Hippie Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4aa44a and #a44aa4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a54a4a is made of 53% red, 24% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Royal Rum has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 38.08% and a lightness of 46.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a54a4a is made of 0% cyan, 35.69% magenta, 35.69% yellow and 35.29% black ink.

HEX #a54a4a
RGB Decimal rgb(165,74,74)
RGB Percentage 53%, 24%, 24%
CMYK 0, 35.69, 35.69, 35.29
HSL hsl(0,38.08%,46.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,55.15%,64.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.347,37.5791,18.3767)
XYZ xyz(19.2019,13.3913,8.0513)
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