Sawtooth Aak Color

#ec956c

Sawtooth Aak 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 #136a93
Complementary Color #6cc3eb
Color Shade: warm red (19.22° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.45% (better contrasting with white)
Sawtooth Aak Color Sample
Sawtooth Aak Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ec956c

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sawtooth Aak Color. The Annular 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 soft alternative called Pumpkin Pie (#e99e56) for more calm effect. Try Rusty Sand as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6cc3eb is the best complementary color to Sawtooth Aak. 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 #ec956c 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 #eb6c83 and #ebd46c. Thus found on the left and right of #ec956c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Blush and Rob Roy colors as they work well with Sawtooth Aak.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sawtooth Aak palette consists of #6c83eb and #6cebd4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6cc3eb). Try Cornflower Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #ec956c, 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 #ec956c 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 Sawtooth Aak. Thus Medium Purple and Pastel Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sawtooth Aak contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sky Blue, Pastel Green, and Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #ec956c 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. Sawtooth Aak tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6cc3eb) and two others. The Pastel Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carissma – 120° from the complementary Sky Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6ceb95 and #eb6cc2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ec956c is made of 48% red, 30% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Sawtooth Aak has a hue angle of 19.22°, a saturation of 77.11% and a lightness of 67.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ec956c is made of 0% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 50.2% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #ec956c
RGB Decimal rgb(236,149,108)
RGB Percentage 48%, 30%, 22%
CMYK 0, 34.12, 50.2, 7.45
HSL hsl(19.22,77.11%,67.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(19.22,54.24%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.7609,28.6412,35.2163)
XYZ xyz(48.0463,40.4105,19.455)
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