Antiquarian Brown is calm, 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 | #6b99bb |
| Complementary Color | #437294 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (25.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 42.35% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Antiquarian Brown Color. The Oak Barrel color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ancient Root (#70553d) for more calm effect. Try Pyramid as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#437294 is the best complementary color to Antiquarian Brown. 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 #946644 complementary color is Wedgewood, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cape Palliser are #944349 and #948e43. Thus found on the left and right of #946644 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Sycamore colors as they work well with Antiquarian Brown.
The split-complementary Antiquarian Brown palette consists of #434994 and #43948e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#437294). Try Victoria and Wedgewood colors in combination with #946644, 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 #946644 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 Antiquarian Brown. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Antiquarian Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wedgewood, Fruit Salad, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #946644 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. Antiquarian Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#437294) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Wedgewood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #439466 and #944372.
In a RGB color space, hex #946644 is made of 47% red, 32% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Antiquarian Brown has a hue angle of 25.5°, a saturation of 37.04% and a lightness of 42.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #946644 is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 31.37% yellow and 41.96% black ink.
| HEX | #946644 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(148,102,68) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 32%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 18.04, 31.37, 41.96 |
| HSL | hsl(25.5,37.04%,42.35%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(25.5,54.05%,58.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.2566,14.514,26.5368) |
| XYZ | xyz(18.0075,16.216,7.6497) |