Red Wine Color

#8c0034

Red Wine 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 #73ffcb
Complementary Color #008c58
Color Shade: red magenta (337.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 27.45% (better contrasting with white)
Red Wine Color Sample
Red Wine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c0034

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Wine Color. The Pure Passion 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 Xmas Candy (#990020) for more calm effect. Try Claret as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#008c58 is the best complementary color to Red Wine. 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 #8c0034 complementary color is Deep Sea, 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 Paprika are #8c0079 and #8c1200. Thus found on the left and right of #8c0034 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fresh Eggplant and Red Berry colors as they work well with Red Wine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Wine palette consists of #00798c and #008c12 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#008c58). Try Blue Lagoon and Japanese Laurel colors in combination with #8c0034, 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 #8c0034 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 Red Wine. Thus Smalt and Limeade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Wine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Deep Sea, Olive, and Navy Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c0034 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. Red Wine tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#008c58) and two others. The Limeade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pigment Indigo – 120° from the complementary Deep Sea. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #338c00 and #58008c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c0034 is made of 73% red, 0% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Red Wine has a hue angle of 337.71°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 27.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c0034 is made of 0% cyan, 54.9% magenta, 34.51% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c0034
RGB Decimal rgb(140,0,52)
RGB Percentage 73%, 0%, 27%
CMYK 0, 54.9, 34.51, 45.1
HSL hsl(337.71,100%,27.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(337.71,100%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.9624,53.0294,12.3342)
XYZ xyz(11.4351,5.8234,3.7701)
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