Potter's Clay Color

#9e4624

Potter's Clay is soft, 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 #61b9db
Complementary Color #247c9d
Color Shade: warm red (16.72° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.04% (better contrasting with white)
Potter's Clay Color Sample
Potter's Clay Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9e4624

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Potter's Clay Color. The Smoke Tree color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Plaguelands Hazel (#ad5f28) for more calm effect. Try Peruvian Soil as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#247c9d is the best complementary color to Potter's Clay. 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 #9e4624 complementary color is Jelly Bean, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cumin are #9d243e and #9d8324. Thus found on the left and right of #9e4624 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mexican Red and Luxor Gold colors as they work well with Potter's Clay.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Potter's Clay palette consists of #243e9d and #249d83 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#247c9d). Try Sapphire and Jungle Green colors in combination with #9e4624, 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 #9e4624 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 Potter's Clay. Thus Daisy Bush and Eucalyptus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Potter's Clay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jelly Bean, Forest Green, and Seance split by 90° on the color wheel. #9e4624 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Potter's Clay tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#247c9d) and two others. The Eucalyptus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Heath – 120° from the complementary Jelly Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #249d46 and #9d247c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9e4624 is made of 60% red, 27% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Potter's Clay has a hue angle of 16.72°, a saturation of 62.89% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9e4624 is made of 0% cyan, 34.51% magenta, 47.84% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #9e4624
RGB Decimal rgb(158,70,36)
RGB Percentage 60%, 27%, 14%
CMYK 0, 34.51, 47.84, 38.04
HSL hsl(16.72,62.89%,38.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(16.72,77.22%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.8591,34.4547,37.1813)
XYZ xyz(16.6091,11.7768,3.0668)
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