Wild Currant Color

#7c3239

Wild Currant 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 #83cdc6
Complementary Color #317c75
Color Shade: cool red (354.32° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.12% (better contrasting with white)
Wild Currant Color Sample
Wild Currant Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7c3239

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Wild Currant Color. The Night Shadz color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called No More Drama (#a33f40) for more energetic effect. Try Haitian Flower as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#317c75 is the best complementary color to Wild Currant. 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 #7c3239 complementary color is Paradiso, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Solid Pink are #7c315e and #7c5031. Thus found on the left and right of #7c3239 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Old Copper colors as they work well with Wild Currant.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wild Currant palette consists of #315e7c and #317c50 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#317c75). Try Ming and Sea Green colors in combination with #7c3239, 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 #7c3239 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 Wild Currant. Thus Minsk and Goblin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wild Currant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Paradiso, Crete, and Minsk split by 90° on the color wheel. #7c3239 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm 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. Wild Currant tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#317c75) and two others. The Goblin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eminence – 120° from the complementary Paradiso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #397c31 and #74317c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7c3239 is made of 54% red, 22% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Wild Currant has a hue angle of 354.32°, a saturation of 42.53% and a lightness of 34.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7c3239 is made of 0% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 26.28% yellow and 51.37% black ink.

HEX #7c3239
RGB Decimal rgb(124,50,57)
RGB Percentage 54%, 22%, 25%
CMYK 0, 29.02, 26.28, 51.37
HSL hsl(354.32,42.53%,34.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(354.32,59.68%,48.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.49,32.8402,11.9301)
XYZ xyz(10.1913,6.8617,4.6582)
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