Copper color
Copper is a warm, metallic orange-brown, like polished copper. Its hex code is #B87333.
- Hex
- #B87333
- RGB
- 184, 115, 51
- OKLCH
- 61.8% 0.117 60.4
- Value
- 5 of 10
- Family
- Orange
Is copper warm or cool?
Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a mid-tone color, value 5 of 10, and its opposite is steel blue. More in warm and cool colors.
Copper tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with copper itself.
Tints
#B87333#C78F5F#D6AB87#E4C6AF#F2E3D7
Tones
#B87333#AF7848#A57C5A#9B7F69#918378
Shades
#B87333#8C5727#623D1B#3B2410#180E06
The opposite of copper
Opposite copper on the color wheel sits steel blue, #5A759D. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Copper
Steel Blue
Colors that go with copper
With its opposite
#B87333 · #EFDBCD · #677589 · #5A759D · #161E29
With its neighbors
#C2685A · #B87333 · #A0821D · #EBD4C3 · #3B2410
One color, light to dark
#F5EAE1 · #9B7F69 · #B87333 · #4E3016 · #180E06
Copper in paintings
The nearest colors to copper in our painting palettes.
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