Painted Clay Color

#eb8f6f

Painted Clay 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 #147090
Complementary Color #6fcaea
Color Shade: warm red (15.48° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.84% (better contrasting with white)
Painted Clay Color Sample
Painted Clay Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eb8f6f

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Painted Clay Color. The Coral Orange 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 Jaffa (#ef863f) for more energetic effect. Try Acapulco Sun as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6fcaea is the best complementary color to Painted Clay. 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 #eb8f6f complementary color is Sky 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 Apricot are #ea6f8c and #eacc6f. Thus found on the left and right of #eb8f6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Blush and Rob Roy colors as they work well with Painted Clay.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Painted Clay palette consists of #6f8dea and #6feacd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6fcaea). Try Cornflower Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #eb8f6f, 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 #eb8f6f 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 Painted Clay. Thus Medium Purple and Pastel Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Painted Clay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sky Blue, Pastel Green, and Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #eb8f6f 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. Painted Clay tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6fcaea) and two others. The Pastel Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender Magenta – 120° from the complementary Sky Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6fea8f and #ea6fcb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eb8f6f is made of 48% red, 29% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Painted Clay has a hue angle of 15.48°, a saturation of 75.61% and a lightness of 67.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eb8f6f is made of 0% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 48.63% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #eb8f6f
RGB Decimal rgb(235,143,111)
RGB Percentage 48%, 29%, 23%
CMYK 0, 36.08, 48.63, 7.84
HSL hsl(15.48,75.61%,67.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.48,52.77%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.3545,31.658,31.7744)
XYZ xyz(46.9527,38.4548,19.9868)
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