Exotic Orange is vibrant, 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 | #069ace |
| Complementary Color | #31c4f8 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (15.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 58.43% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Exotic Orange Color. The Boredom Buster 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 soft alternative called Reign of Tomatoes (#f7250b) for more calm effect. Try Spectacular Scarlet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#31c4f8 is the best complementary color to Exotic Orange. 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 #f96531 complementary color is Dodger 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 Outrageous Orange are #f83160 and #f8c831. Thus found on the left and right of #f96531 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Radical Red and Saffron colors as they work well with Exotic Orange.
The split-complementary Exotic Orange palette consists of #3160f8 and #31f8c8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#31c4f8). Try Dodger Blue and Bright Turquoise colors in combination with #f96531, 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 #f96531 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 Exotic Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Exotic Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Bright Green, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #f96531 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. Exotic Orange tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#31c4f8) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Razzle Dazzle Rose – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #31f865 and #f831c4.
In a RGB color space, hex #f96531 is made of 62% red, 25% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Exotic Orange has a hue angle of 15.6°, a saturation of 94.34% and a lightness of 58.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f96531 is made of 0% cyan, 58.04% magenta, 78.43% yellow and 2.35% black ink.
| HEX | #f96531 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(249,101,49) |
| RGB Percentage | 62%, 25%, 12% |
| CMYK | 0, 58.04, 78.43, 2.35 |
| HSL | hsl(15.6,94.34%,58.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(15.6,80.32%,97.65%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.3674,54.1133,56.0416) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.275,29.6688,6.2988) |