Tropical Wood Color

#ba8f68

Tropical Wood 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 #457097
Complementary Color #6793ba
Color Shade: warm red (28.54° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.86% (better contrasting with white)
Tropical Wood Color Sample
Tropical Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ba8f68

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropical Wood Color. The Decorous Amber 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 Burnt Almond (#b0724a) for more energetic effect. Try Clay Court as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6793ba is the best complementary color to Tropical Wood. 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 #ba8f68 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 Muddy Waters are #ba6769 and #bab867. Thus found on the left and right of #ba8f68 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Gimblet colors as they work well with Tropical Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tropical Wood palette consists of #6769ba and #67bab8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6793ba). Try Blue Violet and Tradewind colors in combination with #ba8f68, 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 #ba8f68 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 Tropical Wood. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tropical Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Fern, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #ba8f68 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. Tropical Wood tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6793ba) and two others. The Silver Tree 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 #67ba8f and #ba6792.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ba8f68 is made of 43% red, 33% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Tropical Wood has a hue angle of 28.54°, a saturation of 37.27% and a lightness of 56.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ba8f68 is made of 0% cyan, 16.86% magenta, 32.16% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #ba8f68
RGB Decimal rgb(186,143,104)
RGB Percentage 43%, 33%, 24%
CMYK 0, 16.86, 32.16, 27.06
HSL hsl(28.54,37.27%,56.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28.54,44.09%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.5781,11.1931,26.9891)
XYZ xyz(32.5709,31.0835,17.3797)
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