Powdered Brick is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #536464 |
| Complementary Color | #9babab |
| Color Shade: | mid red (0° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 64.12% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Powdered Brick Color. The Smoke Screen color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Fashionable Grey (#bdb8b8) for more calm effect. Try Palladium as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9babab is the best complementary color to Powdered Brick. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ac9b9b complementary color is Edward, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Martini are #ab9ba3 and #aba39b. Thus found on the left and right of #ac9b9b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dusty Gray and Cloudy colors as they work well with Powdered Brick.
The split-complementary Powdered Brick palette consists of #9ba3ab and #9baba3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9babab). Try Gray Chateau and Pewter colors in combination with #ac9b9b, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #ac9b9b 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 Powdered Brick. Thus Santas Gray and Envy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Powdered Brick contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Edward, Bud, and Amethyst Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #ac9b9b square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Powdered Brick tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#9babab) and two others. The Envy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shady Lady – 120° from the complementary Edward. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9bab9b and #ab9bab.
In a RGB color space, hex #ac9b9b is made of 36% red, 32% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Powdered Brick has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 9.29% and a lightness of 64.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ac9b9b is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 32.55% black ink.
| HEX | #ac9b9b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(172,155,155) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 32%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.67, 6.67, 32.55 |
| HSL | hsl(0,9.29%,64.12%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(0,9.88%,67.45%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.4203,6.2376,2.2647) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.651,34.5799,35.8586) |