Dark Humor is soft, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #9ed |
| Complementary Color | #106655 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (348° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 23.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Humor Color. The Claret 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 Sweet Cherry Red (#84172c) for more calm effect. Try Antique Ruby as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#106655 is the best complementary color to Dark Humor. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #612 complementary color is Eden, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #66104c and #662a10. Thus found on the left and right of #612 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Disco and Redwood colors as they work well with Dark Humor.
The split-complementary Dark Humor palette consists of #104c66 and #10662a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#106655). Try Chathams Blue and Jewel colors in combination with #612, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #612 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 Dark Humor. Thus Deep Koamaru and Green House giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Dark Humor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Eden, Green Leaf, and Violent Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #612 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Dark Humor tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#106655) and two others. The Green House is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Scarlet Gum – 120° from the complementary Eden. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #216610 and #541066.
In a RGB color space, hex #661122 is made of 67% red, 11% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Humor has a hue angle of 348°, a saturation of 71.43% and a lightness of 23.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #661122 is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 60% black ink.
| HEX | #661122 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(102,17,34) |
| RGB Percentage | 67%, 11%, 22% |
| CMYK | 0, 33.33, 26.67, 60 |
| HSL | hsl(348,71.43%,23.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(348,83.33%,40%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(21.3615,37.6981,13.0585) |
| XYZ | xyz(5.9687,3.3412,1.8437) |