Flat Earth Color

#aa5533

Flat Earth is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #5ac
Complementary Color #38a
Color Shade: warm red (17.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Flat Earth Color Sample
Flat Earth Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa5533

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Flat Earth Color. The Apricot Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mattar Paneer (#884433) for more calm effect. Try Carmen Miranda as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#38a is the best complementary color to Flat Earth. 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 #a53 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #aa334c and #aa9033. Thus found on the left and right of #a53 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Night Shadz and Luxor Gold colors as they work well with Flat Earth.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flat Earth palette consists of #334caa and #33aa90 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#38a). Try Sapphire and Keppel colors in combination with #a53, 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 #a53 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Flat Earth. Thus Purple Heart and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flat Earth contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a53 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Flat Earth tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#38a) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3a5 and #a38.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa5533 is made of 56% red, 28% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Flat Earth has a hue angle of 17.14°, a saturation of 53.85% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa5533 is made of 0% cyan, 33.34% magenta, 46.67% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa5533
RGB Decimal rgb(170,85,51)
RGB Percentage 56%, 28%, 17%
CMYK 0, 33.34, 46.67, 33.33
HSL hsl(17.14,53.85%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(17.14,70%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.0181,32.1606,35.2829)
XYZ xyz(20.4236,15.2821,5.0053)
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