Laura Potato Color

#800008

Laura Potato is deep, 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 #7ffff7
Complementary Color #008078
Color Shade: cool red (356.25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 25.1% (better contrasting with white)
Laura Potato Color Sample
Laura Potato Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #800008

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Laura Potato Color. The Darkest Dungeon color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Succubus (#990022) for more calm effect. Try Chorizo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#008078 is the best complementary color to Laura Potato. 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 #800008 complementary color is Teal, 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 Maroon are #800047 and #803800. Thus found on the left and right of #800008 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Siren and Red Beech colors as they work well with Laura Potato.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Laura Potato palette consists of #004880 and #008038 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#008078). Try Congress Blue and Fun Green colors in combination with #800008, 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 #800008 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 Laura Potato. Thus Navy Blue and Japanese Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Laura Potato contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Teal, Limeade, and Pigment Indigo split by 90° on the color wheel. #800008 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. Laura Potato tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#008078) and two others. The Japanese Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary Teal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #078000 and #780080.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #800008 is made of 94% red, 0% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Laura Potato has a hue angle of 356.25°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 25.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #800008 is made of 0% cyan, 50.2% magenta, 47.06% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #800008
RGB Decimal rgb(128,0,8)
RGB Percentage 94%, 0%, 6%
CMYK 0, 50.2, 47.06, 49.8
HSL hsl(356.25,100%,25.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.25,100%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.5836,48.1996,34.8494)
XYZ xyz(8.9459,4.6067,0.6474)
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