Antique Chest Color

#a7856d

Antique Chest 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 #587a92
Complementary Color #6c8ea7
Color Shade: warm red (24.83° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.12% (better contrasting with white)
Antique Chest Color Sample
Antique Chest Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a7856d

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Antique Chest Color. The Hickory 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 Cuppa Coffee (#b09f8f) for more calm effect. Try Midtown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6c8ea7 is the best complementary color to Antique Chest. 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 #a7856d complementary color is Bermuda Gray, 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 Sandal are #a76c71 and #a7a26c. Thus found on the left and right of #a7856d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Antique Chest.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Antique Chest palette consists of #6c71a7 and #6ca7a2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c8ea7). Try Kimberly and Breaker Bay colors in combination with #a7856d, 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 #a7856d 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 Chest. Thus Deluge and Aqua Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Antique Chest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Asparagus, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #a7856d 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. Antique Chest tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6c8ea7) and two others. The Aqua Forest is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Strikemaster – 120° from the complementary Bermuda Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6ca785 and #a76c8e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a7856d is made of 41% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Antique Chest has a hue angle of 24.83°, a saturation of 24.79% and a lightness of 54.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a7856d is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 22.74% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a7856d
RGB Decimal rgb(167,133,109)
RGB Percentage 41%, 33%, 27%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 22.74, 34.51
HSL hsl(24.83,24.79%,54.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24.83,34.73%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.1268,9.5131,17.8821)
XYZ xyz(27.0842,26.0947,18.0773)
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