Japanese Carmine Color

#9f2832

Japanese Carmine is deep, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #60d7cd
Complementary Color #289f95
Color Shade: cool red (354.96° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.02% (better contrasting with white)
Japanese Carmine Color Sample
Japanese Carmine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9f2832

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Japanese Carmine Color. The Biking Red color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Suō (#7e2639) for more calm effect. Try Rhubarb as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#289f95 is the best complementary color to Japanese Carmine. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9f2832 complementary color is Jungle Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mexican Red are #9f286d and #9f5928. Thus found on the left and right of #9f2832 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Royal Heath and Paarl colors as they work well with Japanese Carmine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Japanese Carmine palette consists of #286d9f and #289f59 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#289f95). Try Jelly Bean and Eucalyptus colors in combination with #9f2832, 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 #9f2832 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Japanese Carmine. Thus Governor Bay and Forest Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Japanese Carmine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jungle Green, Olive Drab, and Daisy Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #9f2832 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm 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. Japanese Carmine tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#289f95) and two others. The Forest Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Seance – 120° from the complementary Jungle Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #329f28 and #94289f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9f2832 is made of 64% red, 16% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Japanese Carmine has a hue angle of 354.96°, a saturation of 59.8% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9f2832 is made of 0% cyan, 46.66% magenta, 42.74% yellow and 37.65% black ink.

HEX #9f2832
RGB Decimal rgb(159,40,50)
RGB Percentage 64%, 16%, 20%
CMYK 0, 46.66, 42.74, 37.65
HSL hsl(354.96,59.8%,39.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(354.96,74.84%,62.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.212,48.8958,23.7918)
XYZ xyz(15.6326,9.1188,3.9538)
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