Vintage Pottery Color

#a66c47

Vintage Pottery 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 #5993b8
Complementary Color #4781a6
Color Shade: warm red (23.37° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.47% (better contrasting with white)
Vintage Pottery Color Sample
Vintage Pottery Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a66c47

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Vintage Pottery Color. The Coffee Bar 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 saturated alternative called Ancient Copper (#9f543e) for more energetic effect. Try Jute Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4781a6 is the best complementary color to Vintage 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 #a66c47 complementary color is Steel Blue, 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 Cape Palliser are #a64751 and #a69b47. Thus found on the left and right of #a66c47 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hippie Pink and Driftwood colors as they work well with Vintage Pottery.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vintage Pottery palette consists of #4751a6 and #47a69b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4781a6). Try San Marino and Keppel colors in combination with #a66c47, 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 #a66c47 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 Vintage Pottery. Thus Studio and Chateau Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vintage Pottery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a66c47 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. Vintage Pottery tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4781a6) and two others. The Chateau Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cadillac – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #47a66b and #a64781.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a66c47 is made of 48% red, 31% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Vintage Pottery has a hue angle of 23.37°, a saturation of 40.08% and a lightness of 46.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a66c47 is made of 0% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 37.26% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #a66c47
RGB Decimal rgb(166,108,71)
RGB Percentage 48%, 31%, 21%
CMYK 0, 22.75, 37.26, 34.9
HSL hsl(23.37,40.08%,46.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(23.37,57.23%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.0214,19.1565,30.0348)
XYZ xyz(22.2258,19.287,8.5126)
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