Spiced Nut is soft, 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 | #4396c1 |
| Complementary Color | #3e91bc |
| Color Shade: | warm red (20.48° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.02% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Spiced Nut Color. The Topaz color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Bombay Brown (#9f5130) for more energetic effect. Try Hello Fall as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3e91bc is the best complementary color to Spiced Nut. 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 #bc693e complementary color is Boston Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Brown Rust are #bc3e51 and #bca73e. Thus found on the left and right of #bc693e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Night Shadz and Roti colors as they work well with Spiced Nut.
The split-complementary Spiced Nut palette consists of #3e51bc and #3ebca8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3e91bc). Try Indigo and Puerto Rico colors in combination with #bc693e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #bc693e 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 Spiced Nut. Thus Studio and Chateau Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spiced Nut contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Boston Blue, Apple, and Amethyst split by 90° on the color wheel. #bc693e square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Spiced Nut tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3e91bc) and two others. The Chateau Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Boston Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3ebc69 and #bc3e90.
In a RGB color space, hex #bc693e is made of 53% red, 30% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Spiced Nut has a hue angle of 20.48°, a saturation of 50.4% and a lightness of 49.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bc693e is made of 0% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 49.42% yellow and 26.27% black ink.
| HEX | #bc693e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(188,105,62) |
| RGB Percentage | 53%, 30%, 17% |
| CMYK | 0, 32.55, 49.42, 26.27 |
| HSL | hsl(20.48,50.4%,49.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(20.48,67.02%,73.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.1049,29.4329,38.1462) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.6601,21.1423,7.2332) |