Pirate's Hook Color

#b08f42

Pirate's Hook is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #4f70bd
Complementary Color #4162b0
Color Shade: orange (42° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.45% (better contrasting with white)
Pirate's Hook Color Sample
Pirate's Hook Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b08f42

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pirate's Hook Color. The Peas Please color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Warm Spice (#987744) for more calm effect. Try Koke Moss as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4162b0 is the best complementary color to Pirate's Hook. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b08f42 complementary color is San Marino, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Driftwood are #b05841 and #99b041. Thus found on the left and right of #b08f42 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brown Rust and Sushi colors as they work well with Pirate's Hook.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pirate's Hook palette consists of #5741b0 and #4199b0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4162b0). Try Royal Purple and Boston Blue colors in combination with #b08f42, 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 #b08f42 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pirate's Hook. Thus Studio and Keppel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pirate's Hook contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Marino, Chateau Green, and Mulberry split by 90° on the color wheel. #b08f42 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Pirate's Hook tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4162b0) and two others. The Keppel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hippie Pink – 120° from the complementary San Marino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #41b08f and #b04162.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b08f42 is made of 46% red, 37% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Pirate's Hook has a hue angle of 42°, a saturation of 45.45% and a lightness of 47.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b08f42 is made of 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 43.14% yellow and 30.98% black ink.

HEX #b08f42
RGB Decimal rgb(176,143,66)
RGB Percentage 46%, 37%, 17%
CMYK 0, 12.94, 43.14, 30.98
HSL hsl(42,45.45%,47.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42,62.5%,69.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.0178,3.5094,44.7408)
XYZ xyz(28.7103,29.2684,9.2904)
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