Date Fruit Brown Color

#af642b

Date Fruit Brown 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 #509bd4
Complementary Color #2b75af
Color Shade: warm red (25.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.75% (better contrasting with white)
Date Fruit Brown Color Sample
Date Fruit Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #af642b

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Date Fruit Brown Color. The Khaki Brown 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 saturated alternative called Rope (#8e4d1e) for more energetic effect. Try Ginger Beer as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2b75af is the best complementary color to Date Fruit Brown. 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 #af642b complementary color is Jelly Bean, 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 Tuscany are #af2b33 and #afa62b. Thus found on the left and right of #af642b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tall Poppy and Alpine colors as they work well with Date Fruit Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Date Fruit Brown palette consists of #2b34af and #2bafa6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2b75af). Try Governor Bay and Jungle Green colors in combination with #af642b, 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 #af642b 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 Date Fruit Brown. Thus Purple Heart and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Date Fruit Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jelly Bean, Forest Green, and Seance split by 90° on the color wheel. #af642b 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. Date Fruit Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#2b75af) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary Jelly Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2baf64 and #af2b76.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #af642b is made of 55% red, 31% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Date Fruit Brown has a hue angle of 25.91°, a saturation of 60.55% and a lightness of 42.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #af642b is made of 0% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 51.77% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #af642b
RGB Decimal rgb(175,100,43)
RGB Percentage 55%, 31%, 14%
CMYK 0, 29.41, 51.77, 31.37
HSL hsl(25.91,60.55%,42.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.91,75.43%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.981,25.6907,43.8892)
XYZ xyz(22.6724,18.4027,4.6426)
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