Spiced Rum Color

#ad8b6a

Spiced Rum is pale, 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 #527495
Complementary Color #6a8cad
Color Shade: warm red (29.55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.71% (better contrasting with white)
Spiced Rum Color Sample
Spiced Rum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ad8b6a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Spiced Rum Color. The Chocolate Milk color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Hazel (#ae7250) for more energetic effect. Try Feldspar Grey as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6a8cad is the best complementary color to Spiced Rum. 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 #ad8b6a complementary color is Bermuda Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sandal are #ad6a6a and #adac6a. Thus found on the left and right of #ad8b6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Spiced Rum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spiced Rum palette consists of #6a6aad and #6aadac colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a8cad). Try Scampi and Tradewind colors in combination with #ad8b6a, 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 #ad8b6a 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 Spiced Rum. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spiced Rum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Aqua Forest, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #ad8b6a 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. Spiced Rum tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6a8cad) and two others. The Silver Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Bermuda Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6aad8b and #ad6a8b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ad8b6a is made of 41% red, 33% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Spiced Rum has a hue angle of 29.55°, a saturation of 29% and a lightness of 54.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ad8b6a is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 26.27% yellow and 32.16% black ink.

HEX #ad8b6a
RGB Decimal rgb(173,139,106)
RGB Percentage 41%, 33%, 25%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 26.27, 32.16
HSL hsl(29.55,29%,54.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(29.55,38.73%,67.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.2395,8.2502,22.5349)
XYZ xyz(29.0677,28.3901,17.5835)
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