Macabre Color

#880033

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

Inverse Color #7fc
Complementary Color #085
Color Shade: red magenta (337.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.67% (better contrasting with white)
Macabre Color Sample
Macabre Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #880033

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Macabre Color. The Shy Guy Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Fancy Red Wine (#b40441) for more calm effect. Try M. Bison as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#085 is the best complementary color to Macabre. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #803 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #807 and #810. Thus found on the left and right of #803 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Macabre.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Macabre palette consists of #007688 and #081 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#085). Try Blue Lagoon and White colors in combination with #803, 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 #803 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Macabre. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Macabre contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Navy Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #803 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Macabre tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#085) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #380 and #508.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #880033 is made of 73% red, 0% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Macabre has a hue angle of 337.5°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #880033 is made of 0% cyan, 53.33% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #880033
RGB Decimal rgb(136,0,51)
RGB Percentage 73%, 0%, 27%
CMYK 0, 53.33, 33.33, 46.67
HSL hsl(337.5,100%,26.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(337.5,100%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.0426,51.9698,11.6149)
XYZ xyz(10.7509,5.4733,3.6218)
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