Magic Malt Color

#a5887e

Magic Malt is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #5a7781
Complementary Color #7d9ba5
Color Shade: warm red (15.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 57.06% (better contrasting with white)
Magic Malt Color Sample
Magic Malt Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a5887e

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Magic Malt Color. The Toast color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Reddened Earth (#9c6e63) for more energetic effect. Try Eclectic Plum as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d9ba5 is the best complementary color to Magic Malt. 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 #a5887e complementary color is Gumbo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, warm red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pharlap are #a57d87 and #a59b7d. Thus found on the left and right of #a5887e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pharlap and Donkey Brown colors as they work well with Magic Malt.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Magic Malt palette consists of #7d87a5 and #7da59b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d9ba5). Try Regent Gray and Sea Nymph colors in combination with #a5887e, 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 #a5887e offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Magic Malt. Thus Kimberly and Bay Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Magic Malt contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gumbo, Amulet, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #a5887e square combo is a palette of warm red, yellow green, cool cyan and violet 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. Magic Malt tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#7d9ba5) and two others. The Bay Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bouquet – 120° from the complementary Gumbo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7da587 and #a57d9b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a5887e is made of 39% red, 32% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Magic Malt has a hue angle of 15.38°, a saturation of 17.81% and a lightness of 57.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a5887e is made of 0% cyan, 11.38% magenta, 15.3% yellow and 35.29% black ink.

HEX #a5887e
RGB Decimal rgb(165,136,126)
RGB Percentage 39%, 32%, 30%
CMYK 0, 11.38, 15.3, 35.29
HSL hsl(15.38,17.81%,57.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.38,23.64%,64.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.0797,9.4179,9.4935)
XYZ xyz(28.0871,27.114,23.4918)
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