Vertigo Cherry Color

#990055

Vertigo Cherry is deep, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #6fa
Complementary Color #094
Color Shade: warm magenta (326.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30% (better contrasting with white)
Vertigo Cherry Color Sample
Vertigo Cherry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #990055

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Vertigo Cherry Color. The Purplish Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pickled Beets (#aa0044) for more calm effect. Try Raspberry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#094 is the best complementary color to Vertigo Cherry. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #905 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #900099 and #990008. Thus found on the left and right of #905 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple and Sangria colors as they work well with Vertigo Cherry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vertigo Cherry palette consists of #009990 and #089900 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#094). Try Persian Green and Japanese Laurel colors in combination with #905, 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 #905 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Vertigo Cherry. Thus Endeavour and Limeade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vertigo Cherry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Olive, and Navy Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #905 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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. Vertigo Cherry tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#094) and two others. The Limeade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #549900 and #409.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #990055 is made of 64% red, 0% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Vertigo Cherry has a hue angle of 326.67°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #990055 is made of 0% cyan, 60% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 40% black ink.

HEX #990055
RGB Decimal rgb(153,0,85)
RGB Percentage 64%, 0%, 36%
CMYK 0, 60, 26.67, 40
HSL hsl(326.67,100%,30%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(326.67,100%,60%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.7624,58.6701,-3.8452)
XYZ xyz(14.7766,7.4282,9.2493)
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