Chili Oil 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 | #71c3c9 |
| Complementary Color | #36888e |
| Color Shade: | mid red (4.09° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 38.43% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chili Oil Color. The Suzume Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called War God (#643530) for more calm effect. Try Ceramic Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#36888e is the best complementary color to Chili Oil. 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 #8e3c36 complementary color is Paradiso, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #8e365b and #8e6836. Thus found on the left and right of #8e3c36 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camelot and Potters Clay colors as they work well with Chili Oil.
The split-complementary Chili Oil palette consists of #365b8e and #368e68 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#36888e). Try Chambray and Sea Green colors in combination with #8e3c36, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #8e3c36 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 Chili Oil. Thus Minsk and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Chili Oil contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Paradiso, Apple, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e3c36 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chili Oil tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#36888e) and two others. The Sea Green 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 #368e3c and #8e3687.
In a RGB color space, hex #8e3c36 is made of 55% red, 23% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Chili Oil has a hue angle of 4.09°, a saturation of 44.9% and a lightness of 38.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e3c36 is made of 0% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 34.51% yellow and 44.31% black ink.
| HEX | #8e3c36 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(142,60,54) |
| RGB Percentage | 55%, 23%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 32.16, 34.51, 44.31 |
| HSL | hsl(4.09,44.9%,38.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(4.09,61.97%,55.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.4591,34.3538,20.9568) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.437,9.2488,4.567) |