Colorful Leaves Color

#aa5c43

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

Inverse Color #55a3bc
Complementary Color #4390aa
Color Shade: mid red (14.56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.47% (better contrasting with white)
Colorful Leaves Color Sample
Colorful Leaves Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa5c43

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Colorful Leaves Color. The Deep Terra Cotta color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Moroccan Sky (#bf7756) for more energetic effect. Try Deep Orange-coloured Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4390aa is the best complementary color to Colorful Leaves. Cool cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #aa5c43 complementary color is Steel 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 Sepia Skin are #aa435d and #aa8f43. Thus found on the left and right of #aa5c43 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hippie Pink and Driftwood colors as they work well with Colorful Leaves.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Colorful Leaves palette consists of #435daa and #43aa8f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4390aa). Try San Marino and Ocean Green colors in combination with #aa5c43, 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 #aa5c43 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 Colorful Leaves. Thus Royal Purple and Chateau Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Colorful Leaves contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Apple, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa5c43 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, cool 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. Colorful Leaves tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4390aa) and two others. The Chateau Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rouge – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #43aa5c and #aa4391.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa5c43 is made of 52% red, 28% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Colorful Leaves has a hue angle of 14.56°, a saturation of 43.46% and a lightness of 46.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa5c43 is made of 0% cyan, 30.59% magenta, 40.4% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa5c43
RGB Decimal rgb(170,92,67)
RGB Percentage 52%, 28%, 20%
CMYK 0, 30.59, 40.4, 33.33
HSL hsl(14.56,43.46%,46.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(14.56,60.59%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.7592,29.4388,28.3609)
XYZ xyz(21.4178,16.6056,7.3865)
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