Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Color

#bb5544

Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #4ab
Complementary Color #44a9bb
Color Shade: mid red (8.57° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Color Sample
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb5544

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Color. The Sunburn color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Red Damask (#cb6f4a) for more energetic effect. Try Iced Tea as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#44a9bb is the best complementary color to Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b54 complementary color is Pelorous, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #bb446e and #bb9044. Thus found on the left and right of #b54 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blush and Tussock colors as they work well with Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie palette consists of #446ebb and #44bb90 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#44a9bb). Try San Marino and Keppel colors in combination with #b54, 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 #b54 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie. Thus Blue Violet and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pelorous, Apple, and Fuchsia Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #b54 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#44a9bb) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary Pelorous. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4b5 and #b4a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb5544 is made of 55% red, 25% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie has a hue angle of 8.57°, a saturation of 46.67% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb5544 is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 46.66% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb5544
RGB Decimal rgb(187,85,68)
RGB Percentage 55%, 25%, 20%
CMYK 0, 40, 46.66, 26.67
HSL hsl(8.57,46.67%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(8.57,63.64%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.8582,39.8788,29.7081)
XYZ xyz(24.7854,17.4791,7.5363)
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