Red Oxide Color

#5d1f1e

Red Oxide is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #a2e0e1
Complementary Color #1d5b5d
Color Shade: mid red (0.95° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 24.12% (better contrasting with white)
Red Oxide Color Sample
Red Oxide Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5d1f1e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Oxide Color. The Corrosion Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Capsicum Red (#76392e) for more calm effect. Try Red Hot Jazz as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1d5b5d is the best complementary color to Red Oxide. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5d1f1e complementary color is Green Pea, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Wine Berry are #5d1d3c and #5d3e1d. Thus found on the left and right of #5d1f1e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wine Berry and Pickled Bean colors as they work well with Red Oxide.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Oxide palette consists of #1d3c5d and #1d5d3e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1d5b5d). Try Cello and Green Pea colors in combination with #5d1f1e, 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 #5d1f1e offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Red Oxide. Thus Valhalla and Parsley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Oxide contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Pea, Clover, and Grape split by 90° on the color wheel. #5d1f1e square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Red Oxide tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#1d5b5d) and two others. The Parsley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Green Pea. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1d5d1f and #5d1d5b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5d1f1e is made of 60% red, 20% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Red Oxide has a hue angle of 0.95°, a saturation of 51.22% and a lightness of 24.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5d1f1e is made of 0% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 24.71% yellow and 63.53% black ink.

HEX #5d1f1e
RGB Decimal rgb(93,31,30)
RGB Percentage 60%, 20%, 19%
CMYK 0, 24.31, 24.71, 63.53
HSL hsl(0.95,51.22%,24.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0.95,67.74%,36.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(21.5827,28.2859,15.7226)
XYZ xyz(5.2385,3.4009,1.6086)
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