Pottery Clay Color

#b9714a

Pottery Clay 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 #468eb5
Complementary Color #4992b9
Color Shade: warm red (21.08° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.78% (better contrasting with white)
Pottery Clay Color Sample
Pottery Clay Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b9714a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pottery Clay Color. The Tatami Tan color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Common Jasper (#946943) for more calm effect. Try Hyacinth Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4992b9 is the best complementary color to Pottery Clay. 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 #b9714a 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 Santa Fe are #b9495a and #b9a849. Thus found on the left and right of #b9714a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hippie Pink and Husk colors as they work well with Pottery Clay.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pottery Clay palette consists of #495ab9 and #49b9a8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4992b9). Try San Marino and Puerto Rico colors in combination with #b9714a, 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 #b9714a 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 Clay. Thus Studio and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pottery Clay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Apple, and Amethyst split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9714a 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 Clay tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4992b9) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #49b970 and #b94991.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b9714a is made of 50% red, 30% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Pottery Clay has a hue angle of 21.08°, a saturation of 44.22% and a lightness of 50.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9714a is made of 0% cyan, 28.24% magenta, 43.53% yellow and 27.45% black ink.

HEX #b9714a
RGB Decimal rgb(185,113,74)
RGB Percentage 50%, 30%, 20%
CMYK 0, 28.24, 43.53, 27.45
HSL hsl(21.08,44.22%,50.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(21.08,60%,72.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.6777,24.6413,33.4223)
XYZ xyz(27.1487,22.619,9.4136)
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