Pasadena Rose Color

#a84a49

Pasadena Rose is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or warm green

Inverse Color #57b5b6
Complementary Color #49a6a8
Color Shade: mid red (0.63° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.25% (better contrasting with white)
Pasadena Rose Color Sample
Pasadena Rose Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a84a49

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pasadena Rose Color. The Flame Pea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red 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

#49a6a8 is the best complementary color to Pasadena Rose. 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 #a84a49 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 Apple Blossom are #a84977 and #a87949. Thus found on the left and right of #a84a49 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cadillac and Driftwood colors as they work well with Pasadena Rose.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pasadena Rose palette consists of #4977a8 and #49a879 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#49a6a8). Try San Marino and Ocean Green colors in combination with #a84a49, 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 #a84a49 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 Pasadena Rose. Thus Victoria and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pasadena Rose contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Chelsea Cucumber, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #a84a49 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. Pasadena Rose tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#49a6a8) and two others. The Apple 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 #49a849 and #a849a6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a84a49 is made of 53% red, 23% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Pasadena Rose has a hue angle of 0.63°, a saturation of 39.42% and a lightness of 47.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a84a49 is made of 0% cyan, 36.86% magenta, 37.25% yellow and 34.12% black ink.

HEX #a84a49
RGB Decimal rgb(168,74,73)
RGB Percentage 53%, 23%, 23%
CMYK 0, 36.86, 37.25, 34.12
HSL hsl(0.63,39.42%,47.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0.63,56.55%,65.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.8046,38.6213,19.6779)
XYZ xyz(19.7998,13.7034,7.9048)
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