Summer Heat Color

#aa5939

Summer Heat 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 #55a6c6
Complementary Color #3889aa
Color Shade: warm red (16.99° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.51% (better contrasting with white)
Summer Heat Color Sample
Summer Heat Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa5939

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Summer Heat Color. The Morocco Red color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Deep Orange-coloured Brown (#864735) for more calm effect. Try Persimmon Juice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3889aa is the best complementary color to Summer Heat. 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 #aa5939 complementary color is Boston Blue, 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 Brown Rust are #aa3851 and #aa9138. Thus found on the left and right of #aa5939 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Night Shadz and Luxor Gold colors as they work well with Summer Heat.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Summer Heat palette consists of #3851aa and #38aa91 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3889aa). Try Azure and Keppel colors in combination with #aa5939, 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 #aa5939 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 Summer Heat. Thus Royal Purple and Chateau Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Summer Heat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Boston Blue, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa5939 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. Summer Heat tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3889aa) and two others. The Chateau Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Heath – 120° from the complementary Boston Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #38aa59 and #aa3889.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa5939 is made of 54% red, 28% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Summer Heat has a hue angle of 16.99°, a saturation of 49.78% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa5939 is made of 0% cyan, 31.77% magenta, 44.32% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa5939
RGB Decimal rgb(170,89,57)
RGB Percentage 54%, 28%, 18%
CMYK 0, 31.77, 44.32, 33.33
HSL hsl(16.99,49.78%,44.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(16.99,66.47%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.9564,30.3715,33.0536)
XYZ xyz(20.8885,15.9862,5.8556)
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