Sandrift Color

#af937d

Sandrift 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 #506c82
Complementary Color #7d99af
Color Shade: warm red (26.4° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.82% (better contrasting with white)
Sandrift Color Sample
Sandrift Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #af937d

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sandrift Color. The Burro color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Feather Grey (#b8ad9e) for more calm effect. Try Nightingale Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d99af is the best complementary color to Sandrift. 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 #af937d complementary color is Bali Hai, 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 Sandrift are #af7d7f and #afab7d. Thus found on the left and right of #af937d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pharlap and Hillary colors as they work well with Sandrift.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sandrift palette consists of #7d80af and #7dafab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d99af). Try Wild Blue Yonder and Gulf Stream colors in combination with #af937d, 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 #af937d 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 Sandrift. Thus Lavender Purple and Bay Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sandrift contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bali Hai, Bay Leaf, and Lavender Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #af937d 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. Sandrift tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#7d99af) and two others. The Bay Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bouquet – 120° from the complementary Bali Hai. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7daf93 and #af7d99.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #af937d is made of 39% red, 33% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Sandrift has a hue angle of 26.4°, a saturation of 23.81% and a lightness of 58.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #af937d is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 19.61% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #af937d
RGB Decimal rgb(175,147,125)
RGB Percentage 39%, 33%, 28%
CMYK 0, 10.98, 19.61, 31.37
HSL hsl(26.4,23.81%,58.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(26.4,28.57%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.8958,7.0944,15.5541)
XYZ xyz(31.8146,31.4621,23.798)
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