Bordeaux Red Color

#6f2c4f

Bordeaux Red is soft, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #90d3b0
Complementary Color #2c6f4b
Color Shade: warm magenta (328.66° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.39% (better contrasting with white)
Bordeaux Red Color Sample
Bordeaux Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f2c4f

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Bordeaux Red Color. The Cannon Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Prestige Mauve (#4c213d) for more calm effect. Try Bonbon Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2c6f4b is the best complementary color to Bordeaux Red. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6f2c4f complementary color is Amazon, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Finn are #6d2c6f and #6f2c2d. Thus found on the left and right of #6f2c4f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eminence and Buccaneer colors as they work well with Bordeaux Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bordeaux Red palette consists of #2c6f6d and #2d6f2c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2c6f4b). Try Casal and Killarney colors in combination with #6f2c4f, 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 #6f2c4f offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bordeaux Red. Thus San Juan and Crete giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bordeaux Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amazon, Pesto, and Jacarta split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f2c4f square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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. Bordeaux Red tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#2c6f4b) and two others. The Crete is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jacarta – 120° from the complementary Amazon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f6f2c and #4b2c6f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f2c4f is made of 47% red, 19% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Bordeaux Red has a hue angle of 328.66°, a saturation of 43.23% and a lightness of 30.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f2c4f is made of 0% cyan, 26.28% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #6f2c4f
RGB Decimal rgb(111,44,79)
RGB Percentage 47%, 19%, 34%
CMYK 0, 26.28, 12.55, 56.47
HSL hsl(328.66,43.23%,30.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(328.66,60.36%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.7608,33.8385,-6.7283)
XYZ xyz(8.8675,5.7454,8.0387)
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