Cranbrook Color

#a65570

Cranbrook is calm, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #59aa8f
Complementary Color #54a68b
Color Shade: red magenta (340° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.22% (better contrasting with white)
Cranbrook Color Sample
Cranbrook Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a65570

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Cranbrook Color. The Never Forget color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Haunting Melody (#824855) for more calm effect. Try Crushed Berry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#54a68b is the best complementary color to Cranbrook. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a65570 complementary color is Aqua Forest, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tapestry are #a65498 and #a66254. Thus found on the left and right of #a65570 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tapestry and Matrix colors as they work well with Cranbrook.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cranbrook palette consists of #5498a6 and #54a662 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#54a68b). Try Hippie Blue and Fruit Salad colors in combination with #a65570, 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 #a65570 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cranbrook. Thus Waikawa Gray and Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cranbrook contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aqua Forest, Chelsea Cucumber, and Butterfly Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #a65570 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Cranbrook tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#54a68b) and two others. The Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deluge – 120° from the complementary Aqua Forest. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6fa654 and #8b54a6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a65570 is made of 46% red, 23% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Cranbrook has a hue angle of 340°, a saturation of 32.27% and a lightness of 49.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a65570 is made of 0% cyan, 31.77% magenta, 21.18% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #a65570
RGB Decimal rgb(166,85,112)
RGB Percentage 46%, 23%, 31%
CMYK 0, 31.77, 21.18, 34.9
HSL hsl(340,32.27%,49.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(340,48.8%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.6764,36.3679,-0.0936)
XYZ xyz(21.899,15.7738,17.2197)
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