Aged Merlot Color

#73343a

Aged Merlot 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 #8ccbc5
Complementary Color #34736d
Color Shade: cool red (354.29° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.75% (better contrasting with white)
Aged Merlot Color Sample
Aged Merlot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #73343a

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Aged Merlot Color. The Heath color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Volcano (#4e2728) for more calm effect. Try Port Royale as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#34736d is the best complementary color to Aged Merlot. 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 #73343a 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 #733459 and #734d34. Thus found on the left and right of #73343a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cosmic and Shingle Fawn colors as they work well with Aged Merlot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aged Merlot palette consists of #345973 and #34734d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#34736d). Try San Juan and Amazon colors in combination with #73343a, 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 #73343a 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 Aged Merlot. Thus Rhino and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aged Merlot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oracle, Chalet Green, and Jacarta split by 90° on the color wheel. #73343a 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. Aged Merlot tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#34736d) and two others. The Killarney 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 #397334 and #6d3473.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #73343a is made of 51% red, 23% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Aged Merlot has a hue angle of 354.29°, a saturation of 37.72% and a lightness of 32.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #73343a is made of 0% cyan, 24.71% magenta, 22.35% yellow and 54.9% black ink.

HEX #73343a
RGB Decimal rgb(115,52,58)
RGB Percentage 51%, 23%, 26%
CMYK 0, 24.71, 22.35, 54.9
HSL hsl(354.29,37.72%,32.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(354.29,54.78%,45.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(30.4152,28.3526,9.5618)
XYZ xyz(9.0619,6.4063,4.7619)
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