Cardinal Red is soft, 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 | #64c9a1 |
| Complementary Color | #369b72 |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (336.24° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Cardinal Red Color. The Palace Red color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Red Octopus (#773243) for more calm effect. Try Tripleberry as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#369b72 is the best complementary color to Cardinal Red. 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 #9b365e complementary color is Ocean Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Rouge are #9b3690 and #9b4036. Thus found on the left and right of #9b365e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Plum and El Salva colors as they work well with Cardinal Red.
The split-complementary Cardinal Red palette consists of #36909b and #369b40 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#369b72). Try Astral and Apple colors in combination with #9b365e, 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 #9b365e 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 Cardinal Red. Thus Azure and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cardinal Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ocean Green, Sycamore, and Gigas split by 90° on the color wheel. #9b365e square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cardinal Red tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#369b72) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Purple – 120° from the complementary Ocean Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5e9b36 and #72369b.
In a RGB color space, hex #9b365e is made of 51% red, 18% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Cardinal Red has a hue angle of 336.24°, a saturation of 48.33% and a lightness of 40.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9b365e is made of 0% cyan, 39.6% magenta, 23.92% yellow and 39.22% black ink.
| HEX | #9b365e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(155,54,94) |
| RGB Percentage | 51%, 18%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 39.6, 23.92, 39.22 |
| HSL | hsl(336.24,48.33%,40.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(336.24,65.16%,60.78%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.5773,45.6747,-1.016) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.8571,10.415,11.7115) |