Antique Rosewood Color

#72393f

Antique Rosewood is calm, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #8dc6c0
Complementary Color #39726c
Color Shade: cool red (353.68° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.53% (better contrasting with white)
Antique Rosewood Color Sample
Antique Rosewood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #72393f

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Antique Rosewood Color. The Algae Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Timeless Ruby (#9a4149) for more energetic effect. Try Reddest Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#39726c is the best complementary color to Antique Rosewood. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #72393f complementary color is Oracle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Buccaneer are #72395b and #724f39. Thus found on the left and right of #72393f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cosmic and Shingle Fawn colors as they work well with Antique Rosewood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Antique Rosewood palette consists of #395b72 and #39724f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#39726c). Try William and Amazon colors in combination with #72393f, 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 #72393f offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Antique Rosewood. Thus East Bay and Fern Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Antique Rosewood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oracle, Chalet Green, and Bossanova split by 90° on the color wheel. #72393f square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Antique Rosewood tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#39726c) and two others. The Fern Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eminence – 120° from the complementary Oracle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e7239 and #6c3972.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #72393f is made of 49% red, 24% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Antique Rosewood has a hue angle of 353.68°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 33.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #72393f is made of 0% cyan, 22.36% magenta, 20% yellow and 55.29% black ink.

HEX #72393f
RGB Decimal rgb(114,57,63)
RGB Percentage 49%, 24%, 27%
CMYK 0, 22.36, 20, 55.29
HSL hsl(353.68,33.33%,33.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(353.68,50%,44.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.4919,25.6927,7.7851)
XYZ xyz(9.2998,6.8625,5.5371)
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