Red Blooded Color

#8a3c38

Red Blooded is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #75c3c7
Complementary Color #38858a
Color Shade: mid red (2.93° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.04% (better contrasting with white)
Red Blooded Color Sample
Red Blooded Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a3c38

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Blooded Color. The Crail color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Portsmouth Spice (#a75546) for more calm effect. Try Volcanic as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#38858a is the best complementary color to Red Blooded. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8a3c38 complementary color is Paradiso, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sanguine Brown are #8a385c and #8a6538. Thus found on the left and right of #8a3c38 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Potters Clay colors as they work well with Red Blooded.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Blooded palette consists of #385c8a and #388a65 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#38858a). Try Chambray and Viridian colors in combination with #8a3c38, 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 #8a3c38 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Red Blooded. Thus Minsk and Goblin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Blooded contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Paradiso, Apple, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a3c38 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Red Blooded tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#38858a) and two others. The Goblin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plum – 120° from the complementary Paradiso. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #388a3b and #8a3885.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a3c38 is made of 54% red, 24% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Red Blooded has a hue angle of 2.93°, a saturation of 42.27% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a3c38 is made of 0% cyan, 30.59% magenta, 32.16% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a3c38
RGB Decimal rgb(138,60,56)
RGB Percentage 54%, 24%, 22%
CMYK 0, 30.59, 32.16, 45.88
HSL hsl(2.93,42.27%,38.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(2.93,59.42%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.8308,32.9514,18.7705)
XYZ xyz(12.8109,8.9205,4.788)
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