Colonial Revival Stone Color

#a7947c

Colonial Revival Stone is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #586b83
Complementary Color #7b8ea7
Color Shade: orange (33.49° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 57.06% (better contrasting with white)
Colonial Revival Stone Color Sample
Colonial Revival Stone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a7947c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Colonial Revival Stone Color. The Agrellan Earth color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Virtual Taupe (#8a7a6a) for more calm effect. Try Silt as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7b8ea7 is the best complementary color to Colonial Revival Stone. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a7947c complementary color is Bermuda Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Donkey Brown are #a77e7b and #a4a77b. Thus found on the left and right of #a7947c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pharlap and Hillary colors as they work well with Colonial Revival Stone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Colonial Revival Stone palette consists of #7e7ba7 and #7ba4a7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7b8ea7). Try Kimberly and Gumbo colors in combination with #a7947c, 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 #a7947c offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Colonial Revival Stone. Thus Lavender Purple and Bay Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Colonial Revival Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Amulet, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a7947c square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Colonial Revival Stone tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7b8ea7) and two others. The Bay Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bouquet – 120° from the complementary Bermuda Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7ba793 and #a77b8f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a7947c is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Colonial Revival Stone has a hue angle of 33.49°, a saturation of 19.63% and a lightness of 57.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a7947c is made of 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 16.86% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a7947c
RGB Decimal rgb(167,148,124)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 7.45, 16.86, 34.51
HSL hsl(33.49,19.63%,57.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.49,25.75%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.3813,3.2027,15.2849)
XYZ xyz(30.1643,30.8505,23.4337)
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