AuburnIt is a pastel red color having an approximate luminance of 38%. It has a hue value of 0° indicating that this is a warm color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Upsdell Red, Sweet Brown, Firebrick, University Of Pennsylvania Red, Ruby Red, Japanese Carmine, Carnelian, Cornell Red, Medium Carmine and Carmine. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color Auburn to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (165, 42, 42)
#a52a2a
hsl (0, 59.4%, 40.6%)
hsv (0, 74.5%, 64.7%)
lab (37.5, 49.7, 30.5)
xyz (16.8, 9.8, 3.2)
The rgb, hexadecimal and hsl values can be used in webpages to define the colors of different objects. You can select a value easily by clicking on it.
In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.
The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.
Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to Auburn respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel red color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Indian Red, Cedar Chest, Bittersweet Shimmer, Deep Chestnut, New York Pink, Middle Red, Old Rose, Light Coral, Spanish Pink, Tea Rose, Baby Pink, Melon, Misty Rose, Pale Pink, Champagne Pink and Lavender Blush.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel red color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Persian Plum, Prune, Falu Red, OU Crimson Red, Caput Mortuum, Chocolate Cosmos, Dark Sienna, Black Bean, Oxblood, Smoky Black, Raisin Black, Black Chocolate and Eerie Black.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel red color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Chestnut, Sweet Brown, Brandy, Bole, Tuscan Red, Rose Ebony, Liver, Umber and Dark Liver.
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.
In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains warm colors. There are variants of rose, red and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pansy Purple, Claret, Tickle Me Pink, Baker-Miller Pink, Carmine, OU Crimson Red, Congo Pink, Coral Pink, Chocolate (Traditional), Sepia, Sandy Brown and Persian Orange.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to English Vermillion, Deep Chestnut, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Cadet Blue and Maximum Blue Green.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, azure and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to English Vermillion, Deep Chestnut, Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, French Sky Blue, Little Boy Blue, UP Forest Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Ocean Green and Medium Sea Green.
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, green, cyan and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to English Vermillion, Deep Chestnut, Lincoln Green, Dark Moss Green, Olivine, Middle Green Yellow, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Cadet Blue, Maximum Blue Green, Blue (pigment), Dark Slate Blue, Maximum Blue Purple and Lavender (floral).
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