Weathered Saddle Color

#b5745c

Weathered Saddle is calm, 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 #4a8ba3
Complementary Color #5b9db5
Color Shade: warm red (16.18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.53% (better contrasting with white)
Weathered Saddle Color Sample
Weathered Saddle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b5745c

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Weathered Saddle Color. The Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Pastry Shell (#bd8c66) for more energetic effect. Try Venetian Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5b9db5 is the best complementary color to Weathered Saddle. 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 #b5745c complementary color is Hippie Blue, 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 Santa Fe are #b55b70 and #b5a05b. Thus found on the left and right of #b5745c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cadillac and Husk colors as they work well with Weathered Saddle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Weathered Saddle palette consists of #5b70b5 and #5bb5a0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b9db5). Try Blue Violet and Tradewind colors in combination with #b5745c, 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 #b5745c 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 Weathered Saddle. Thus Blue Violet and Fern giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Weathered Saddle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Fern, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #b5745c 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. Weathered Saddle tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5b9db5) and two others. The Fern is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Hippie Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5bb573 and #b55b9d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b5745c is made of 47% red, 30% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Weathered Saddle has a hue angle of 16.18°, a saturation of 37.55% and a lightness of 53.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b5745c is made of 0% cyan, 25.49% magenta, 34.9% yellow and 29.02% black ink.

HEX #b5745c
RGB Decimal rgb(181,116,92)
RGB Percentage 47%, 30%, 24%
CMYK 0, 25.49, 34.9, 29.02
HSL hsl(16.18,37.55%,53.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(16.18,49.17%,70.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.1621,22.8944,23.8434)
XYZ xyz(27.2332,23.0872,13.1462)
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