Rhinoceros Beetle Color

#440011

Rhinoceros Beetle is deep, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or warm green

Inverse Color #bfe
Complementary Color #043
Color Shade: red magenta (345° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 13.33% (better contrasting with white)
Rhinoceros Beetle Color Sample
Rhinoceros Beetle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #440011

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Rhinoceros Beetle Color. The Baal Red Wash color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Merguez (#650021) for more calm effect. Try Spring Lobster as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#043 is the best complementary color to Rhinoceros Beetle. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #401 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #440032 and #410. Thus found on the left and right of #401 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Barossa and White colors as they work well with Rhinoceros Beetle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rhinoceros Beetle palette consists of #034 and #041 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#043). Try White and White colors in combination with #401, 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 #401 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rhinoceros Beetle. Thus Stratos and Deep Fir giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rhinoceros Beetle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #401 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue 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. Rhinoceros Beetle tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#043) and two others. The Deep Fir is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #104400 and #304.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #440011 is made of 80% red, 0% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Rhinoceros Beetle has a hue angle of 345°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 13.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #440011 is made of 0% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 20% yellow and 73.33% black ink.

HEX #440011
RGB Decimal rgb(68,0,17)
RGB Percentage 80%, 0%, 20%
CMYK 0, 26.67, 20, 73.33
HSL hsl(345,100%,13.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(345,100%,26.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(11.0599,31.7636,9.8522)
XYZ xyz(2.4851,1.2694,0.6444)
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