Texas Longhorn Color

#e08d3c

Texas Longhorn 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 #1f72c3
Complementary Color #3b8fe0
Color Shade: warm red (29.63° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 55.69% (better contrasting with white)
Texas Longhorn Color Sample
Texas Longhorn Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e08d3c

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Texas Longhorn Color. The Shiny Trumpet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mellowed Gold (#e2a94f) for more calm effect. Try Sunray as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3b8fe0 is the best complementary color to Texas Longhorn. 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 #e08d3c complementary color is Curious 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 Fire Bush are #e03b3d and #e0df3b. Thus found on the left and right of #e08d3c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cinnabar and Pear colors as they work well with Texas Longhorn.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Texas Longhorn palette consists of #3b3ce0 and #3be0df colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3b8fe0). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise colors in combination with #e08d3c, 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 #e08d3c 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 Texas Longhorn. Thus Purple Heart and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Texas Longhorn contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Curious Blue, Malachite, and Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #e08d3c 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. Texas Longhorn tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3b8fe0) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cerise – 120° from the complementary Curious Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3be08d and #e03b8f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e08d3c is made of 53% red, 33% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Texas Longhorn has a hue angle of 29.63°, a saturation of 72.57% and a lightness of 55.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e08d3c is made of 0% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 64.31% yellow and 12.16% black ink.

HEX #e08d3c
RGB Decimal rgb(224,141,60)
RGB Percentage 53%, 33%, 14%
CMYK 0, 32.55, 64.31, 12.16
HSL hsl(29.63,72.57%,55.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(29.63,73.21%,87.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.9221,24.927,54.4199)
XYZ xyz(41.081,35.2233,8.9085)
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