Garlic Beige Color

#b0aaa1

Garlic Beige is pale, 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 #4f555e
Complementary Color #a1a7b0
Color Shade: orange (36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.08% (better contrasting with white)
Garlic Beige Color Sample
Garlic Beige Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b0aaa1

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Garlic Beige Color. The Rapid Rock color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Silent Sands (#a99582) for more energetic effect. Try Urban Jungle as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a1a7b0 is the best complementary color to Garlic Beige. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b0aaa1 complementary color is Gray Chateau, 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 Cloudy are #b0a2a1 and #aeb0a1. Thus found on the left and right of #b0aaa1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Martini and Bud colors as they work well with Garlic Beige.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Garlic Beige palette consists of #a2a1b0 and #a1aeb0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a1a7b0). Try Santas Gray and Hit Gray colors in combination with #b0aaa1, 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 #b0aaa1 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 Garlic Beige. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Edward giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Garlic Beige contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray Chateau, Pewter, and Shady Lady split by 90° on the color wheel. #b0aaa1 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. Garlic Beige tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#a1a7b0) and two others. The Edward is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dusty Gray – 120° from the complementary Gray Chateau. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a1b0aa and #b0a1a6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b0aaa1 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Garlic Beige has a hue angle of 36°, a saturation of 8.67% and a lightness of 66.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b0aaa1 is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 30.98% black ink.

HEX #b0aaa1
RGB Decimal rgb(176,170,161)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 2.35, 5.88, 30.98
HSL hsl(36,8.67%,66.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36,8.52%,69.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.8614,0.5371,5.3902)
XYZ xyz(38.7122,40.5528,39.5053)
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