Red Blood Color

#660000

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

Inverse Color #9ff
Complementary Color #006566
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20% (better contrasting with white)
Red Blood Color Sample
Red Blood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #660000

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Blood Color. The Red Leever color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Red Berry (#8e0000) for more calm effect. Try Eyelids as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#006566 is the best complementary color to Red Blood. 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 #600 complementary color is Blue Stone, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #603 and #630. Thus found on the left and right of #600 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Red Blood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Blood palette consists of #003266 and #063 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#006566). Try Midnight Blue and White colors in combination with #600, 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 #600 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 Red Blood. Thus Black Haze and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Blood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Stone, White, and Christalle split by 90° on the color wheel. #600 square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, mid cyan and warm 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. Red Blood tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#006566) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pompadour – 120° from the complementary Blue Stone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #060 and #660065.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #660000 is made of 100% red, 0% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Red Blood has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 20%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #660000 is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 40% yellow and 60% black ink.

HEX #660000
RGB Decimal rgb(102,0,0)
RGB Percentage 100%, 0%, 0%
CMYK 0, 40, 40, 60
HSL hsl(0,100%,20%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,100%,40%)
CIE-LAB lab(19.328,40.878,29.6563)
XYZ xyz(5.4795,2.8248,0.2564)
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