Pottery Urn Color

#aa866e

Pottery Urn 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 #557991
Complementary Color #6e92aa
Color Shade: warm red (24° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.9% (better contrasting with white)
Pottery Urn Color Sample
Pottery Urn Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa866e

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pottery Urn Color. The Toasted Bagel color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Midtown (#b5a18a) for more calm effect. Try Airbrushed Copper as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6e92aa is the best complementary color to Pottery Urn. 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 #aa866e 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 #aa6e74 and #aaa36e. Thus found on the left and right of #aa866e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Pottery Urn.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pottery Urn palette consists of #6e74aa and #6eaaa4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e92aa). Try Kimberly and Acapulco colors in combination with #aa866e, 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 #aa866e 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 Pottery Urn. Thus Deluge and Aqua Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pottery Urn contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Asparagus, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa866e 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. Pottery Urn tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6e92aa) and two others. The Aqua Forest 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 #6eaa86 and #aa6e92.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa866e is made of 41% red, 32% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Pottery Urn has a hue angle of 24°, a saturation of 26.09% and a lightness of 54.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa866e is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 23.53% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa866e
RGB Decimal rgb(170,134,110)
RGB Percentage 41%, 32%, 27%
CMYK 0, 14.12, 23.53, 33.33
HSL hsl(24,26.09%,54.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24,35.29%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.7161,10.3118,18.1712)
XYZ xyz(27.9171,26.722,18.4383)
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