Ancient Pottery 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 | #5c82a1 |
| Complementary Color | #5e83a3 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (26.96° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 50.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Ancient Pottery Color. The Pastel Brown 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 Ruskie (#866c5e) for more calm effect. Try Rikyū Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5e83a3 is the best complementary color to Ancient Pottery. 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 #a37d5e complementary color is Horizon, 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 Barley Corn are #a35e61 and #a39f5e. Thus found on the left and right of #a37d5e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Au Chico and Barley Corn colors as they work well with Ancient Pottery.
The split-complementary Ancient Pottery palette consists of #5e61a3 and #5ea39f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e83a3). Try Scampi and Breaker Bay colors in combination with #a37d5e, 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 #a37d5e 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 Ancient Pottery. Thus Deluge and Aqua Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Ancient Pottery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Horizon, Fruit Salad, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #a37d5e 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. Ancient Pottery tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5e83a3) and two others. The Aqua Forest is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Horizon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5ea37d and #a35e83.
In a RGB color space, hex #a37d5e is made of 43% red, 33% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Ancient Pottery has a hue angle of 26.96°, a saturation of 27.27% and a lightness of 50.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a37d5e is made of 0% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 36.08% black ink.
| HEX | #a37d5e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(163,125,94) |
| RGB Percentage | 43%, 33%, 25% |
| CMYK | 0, 14.9, 27.06, 36.08 |
| HSL | hsl(26.96,27.27%,50.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(26.96,42.33%,63.92%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.3411,10.5235,22.5625) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.4583,23.2619,13.7906) |