Italian Villa Color

#ad5d5d

Italian Villa is calm, 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 #52a2a2
Complementary Color #5dadad
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.16% (better contrasting with white)
Italian Villa Color Sample
Italian Villa Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ad5d5d

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Italian Villa Color. The Sweet Lychee color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Deep Bloom (#c57776) for more energetic effect. Try Wild Party as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5dadad is the best complementary color to Italian Villa. 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 #ad5d5d complementary color is Tradewind, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Matrix are #ad5d85 and #ad855d. Thus found on the left and right of #ad5d5d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tapestry and Muesli colors as they work well with Italian Villa.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Italian Villa palette consists of #5d84ad and #5dad85 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5dadad). Try Horizon and Silver Tree colors in combination with #ad5d5d, 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 #ad5d5d 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 Italian Villa. Thus Scampi and Fern giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Italian Villa contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tradewind, Chelsea Cucumber, and Deluge split by 90° on the color wheel. #ad5d5d square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Italian Villa tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#5dadad) and two others. The Fern is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Tradewind. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5dad5d and #ad5dad.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ad5d5d is made of 48% red, 26% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Italian Villa has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 32.79% and a lightness of 52.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ad5d5d is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 31.37% yellow and 32.16% black ink.

HEX #ad5d5d
RGB Decimal rgb(173,93,93)
RGB Percentage 48%, 26%, 26%
CMYK 0, 31.37, 31.37, 32.16
HSL hsl(0,32.79%,52.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,46.24%,67.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.888,32.4459,14.6322)
XYZ xyz(23.1237,17.5033,12.5156)
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