Santa Fe Sunset Color

#a75a4c

Santa Fe Sunset is calm, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #58a5b3
Complementary Color #4c98a6
Color Shade: mid red (9.23° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.65% (better contrasting with white)
Santa Fe Sunset Color Sample
Santa Fe Sunset Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a75a4c

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Santa Fe Sunset Color. The Chili Oil color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sanguine Brown (#8d3d38) for more energetic effect. Try New Sled as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4c98a6 is the best complementary color to Santa Fe Sunset. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a75a4c complementary color is Hippie Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Matrix are #a64c6b and #a6874c. Thus found on the left and right of #a75a4c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cadillac and Driftwood colors as they work well with Santa Fe Sunset.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Santa Fe Sunset palette consists of #4c6ba6 and #4ca687 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4c98a6). Try San Marino and Ocean Green colors in combination with #a75a4c, 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 #a75a4c 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 Santa Fe Sunset. Thus Butterfly Bush and Fruit Salad giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Santa Fe Sunset contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Chelsea Cucumber, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #a75a4c square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid 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. Santa Fe Sunset tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#4c98a6) and two others. The Fruit Salad is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Hippie Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ca65a and #a64c99.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a75a4c is made of 50% red, 27% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Santa Fe Sunset has a hue angle of 9.23°, a saturation of 37.45% and a lightness of 47.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a75a4c is made of 0% cyan, 30.2% magenta, 35.69% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a75a4c
RGB Decimal rgb(167,90,76)
RGB Percentage 50%, 27%, 23%
CMYK 0, 30.2, 35.69, 34.51
HSL hsl(9.23,37.45%,47.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(9.23,54.49%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.0395,30.0544,22.1066)
XYZ xyz(20.897,16.0496,8.834)
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