Antique Silver is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #6e7173 |
| Complementary Color | #8c8f91 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (24° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 55.88% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Antique Silver Color. The Road Less-Travelled color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Mocha Magic (#88796d) for more energetic effect. Try Wet River Rock as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8c8f91 is the best complementary color to Antique Silver. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #918e8c complementary color is Oslo Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Natural Gray are #918c8c and #91908c. Thus found on the left and right of #918e8c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gray and Natural Gray colors as they work well with Antique Silver.
The split-complementary Antique Silver palette consists of #8c8c91 and #8c9190 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c8f91). Try Manatee and Gunsmoke colors in combination with #918e8c, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #918e8c offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Antique Silver. Thus Mountain Mist and Stack giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Antique Silver contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oslo Gray, Stack, and Mountain Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #918e8c square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Antique Silver tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#8c8f91) and two others. The Stack is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Venus – 120° from the complementary Oslo Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c918e and #918c8f.
In a RGB color space, hex #918e8c is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Antique Silver has a hue angle of 24°, a saturation of 2.22% and a lightness of 55.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #918e8c is made of 0% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 43.14% black ink.
| HEX | #918e8c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(145,142,140) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 33%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 1.17, 1.96, 43.14 |
| HSL | hsl(24,2.22%,55.88%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(24,3.45%,56.86%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.2135,0.7268,1.4476) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.0837,27.2592,28.6977) |