Smashed Pumpkin Color

#ff6d3a

Smashed Pumpkin 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 #0092c5
Complementary Color #3accff
Color Shade: warm red (15.53° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.37% (better contrasting with white)
Smashed Pumpkin Color Sample
Smashed Pumpkin Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff6d3a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Smashed Pumpkin Color. The Orange you Happy? 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 Kanzō Orange (#ff8936) for more calm effect. Try Wildfire as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3accff is the best complementary color to Smashed Pumpkin. 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 #ff6d3a complementary color is Dodger 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 Burning Orange are #ff3a69 and #ffcf3a. Thus found on the left and right of #ff6d3a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Radical Red and Bright Sun colors as they work well with Smashed Pumpkin.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Smashed Pumpkin palette consists of #3a69ff and #3affcf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3accff). Try Dodger Blue and Bright Turquoise colors in combination with #ff6d3a, 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 #ff6d3a 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 Smashed Pumpkin. Thus Electric Violet and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Smashed Pumpkin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff6d3a 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. Smashed Pumpkin tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#3accff) and two others. The Screamin' 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 #3aff6d and #ff3acc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff6d3a is made of 60% red, 26% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Smashed Pumpkin has a hue angle of 15.53°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 61.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff6d3a is made of 0% cyan, 57.25% magenta, 77.25% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff6d3a
RGB Decimal rgb(255,109,58)
RGB Percentage 60%, 26%, 14%
CMYK 0, 57.25, 77.25, 0
HSL hsl(15.53,100%,61.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.53,77.25%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.7563,52.9309,54.538)
XYZ xyz(47.4724,32.5028,7.7746)
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