Scab Red Color

#8b0000

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

Inverse Color #74ffff
Complementary Color #008a8b
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 27.25% (better contrasting with white)
Scab Red Color Sample
Scab Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8b0000

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Scab Red Color. The Tomato Sauce color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Wazdakka Red (#b21b00) for more calm effect. Try Spikey Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#008a8b is the best complementary color to Scab Red. 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 #8b0000 complementary color is Teal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Red Berry are #8b0045 and #8b4500. Thus found on the left and right of #8b0000 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Siren and Brown colors as they work well with Scab Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Scab Red palette consists of #00458b and #008b45 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#008a8b). Try Congress Blue and Fun Green colors in combination with #8b0000, 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 #8b0000 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 Scab Red. Thus Navy Blue and Japanese Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Scab Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Teal, Limeade, and Pigment Indigo split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b0000 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid 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. Scab Red tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#008a8b) and two others. The Japanese Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fresh Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Teal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #008b00 and #8b008a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8b0000 is made of 100% red, 0% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Scab Red has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 27.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b0000 is made of 0% cyan, 54.51% magenta, 54.51% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #8b0000
RGB Decimal rgb(139,0,0)
RGB Percentage 100%, 0%, 0%
CMYK 0, 54.51, 54.51, 45.49
HSL hsl(0,100%,27.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,100%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.0847,51.0104,41.2947)
XYZ xyz(10.6475,5.489,0.4983)
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