Rust color
Orange darkened and browned. Weathered metal after rain.
- Hex
- #A8481F
- RGB
- 168, 72, 31
- OKLCH
- 52.1% 0.137 41.5
- Value
- 4 of 10
- Family
- Red-orange
Rust 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 rust itself.
Tints
#A8481F#BC6D4F#CF917A#E0B5A5#F0DAD2
Tones
#A8481F#9D5133#915943#855F51#78645D
Shades
#A8481F#7F3617#582510#341508#140603
The opposite of rust
Opposite rust on the color wheel sits spruce, #016666. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Rust
Spruce
Colors that go with rust
With its opposite
#A8481F · #EDD1C6 · #3E605F · #016666 · #041818
With its neighbors
#A94155 · #A8481F · #905D02 · #E9C8BB · #341508
One color, light to dark
#F4E3DD · #855F51 · #A8481F · #461D0C · #140603
Rust in paintings
The nearest colors to rust in our painting palettes.
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