Red Tone Ink Color

#8b2e08

Red Tone Ink is deep, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #74d1f7
Complementary Color #08648b
Color Shade: warm red (17.4° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.82% (better contrasting with white)
Red Tone Ink Color Sample
Red Tone Ink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8b2e08

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Tone Ink Color. The Orchestra of Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Powdered Coffee (#a0450e) for more calm effect. Try Donkey Kong as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#08648b is the best complementary color to Red Tone Ink. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8b2e08 complementary color is Venice Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Totem Pole are #8b0823 and #8b6f08. Thus found on the left and right of #8b2e08 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Monarch and Corn Harvest colors as they work well with Red Tone Ink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Tone Ink palette consists of #08238b and #088b6f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#08648b). Try Catalina Blue and Elf Green colors in combination with #8b2e08, 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 #8b2e08 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Red Tone Ink. Thus Deep Blue and Salem giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Tone Ink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Venice Blue, Japanese Laurel, and Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b2e08 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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 Tone Ink tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#08648b) and two others. The Salem is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cardinal Pink – 120° from the complementary Venice Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #088b2e and #8b0864.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8b2e08 is made of 72% red, 24% green and 4% blue. In a HSL mode Red Tone Ink has a hue angle of 17.4°, a saturation of 89.12% and a lightness of 28.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b2e08 is made of 0% cyan, 36.47% magenta, 51.37% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #8b2e08
RGB Decimal rgb(139,46,8)
RGB Percentage 72%, 24%, 4%
CMYK 0, 36.47, 51.37, 45.49
HSL hsl(17.4,89.12%,28.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(17.4,94.24%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.833,38.0127,41.5604)
XYZ xyz(11.6683,7.4605,1.0548)
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