Old Wine Color

#90091f

Old Wine is deep, 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 #6ff6e0
Complementary Color #089079
Color Shade: cool red (350.22° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30% (better contrasting with white)
Old Wine Color Sample
Old Wine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #90091f

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Old Wine Color. The Jalapeño Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cherry Picking (#620b15) for more calm effect. Try Old Glory Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#089079 is the best complementary color to Old Wine. 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 #90091f complementary color is Gossamer, 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 Monarch are #900862 and #903608. Thus found on the left and right of #90091f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cardinal Pink and Totem Pole colors as they work well with Old Wine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Old Wine palette consists of #086290 and #089036 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#089079). Try Venice Blue and Salem colors in combination with #90091f, 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 #90091f 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 Old Wine. Thus Ultramarine and Japanese Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Old Wine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gossamer, Limeade, and Kingfisher Daisy split by 90° on the color wheel. #90091f 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. Old Wine tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#089079) and two others. The Japanese Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary Gossamer. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1e9008 and #7a0890.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #90091f is made of 78% red, 5% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Old Wine has a hue angle of 350.22°, a saturation of 88.24% and a lightness of 30%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #90091f is made of 0% cyan, 52.94% magenta, 44.31% yellow and 43.53% black ink.

HEX #90091f
RGB Decimal rgb(144,9,31)
RGB Percentage 78%, 5%, 17%
CMYK 0, 52.94, 44.31, 43.53
HSL hsl(350.22,88.24%,30%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(350.22,93.75%,56.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.9697,51.6141,27.6277)
XYZ xyz(11.8466,6.2236,1.8732)
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