Dear Darling Color

#a30112

Dear Darling 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 #5cfeed
Complementary Color #00a392
Color Shade: cool red (353.7° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.16% (better contrasting with white)
Dear Darling Color Sample
Dear Darling Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a30112

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Dear Darling Color. The Blood Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Vampire Bite (#c40233) for more calm effect. Try Albanian Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#00a392 is the best complementary color to Dear Darling. 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 #a30112 complementary color is Persian 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 Carmine are #a30063 and #a34000. Thus found on the left and right of #a30112 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flirt and Fire colors as they work well with Dear Darling.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dear Darling palette consists of #0063a3 and #00a340 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00a392). Try Endeavour and Green Haze colors in combination with #a30112, 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 #a30112 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 Dear Darling. Thus International Klein Blue and Japanese Laurel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dear Darling contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Persian Green, Limeade, and Pigment Indigo split by 90° on the color wheel. #a30112 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. Dear Darling tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#00a392) and two others. The Japanese Laurel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary Persian Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #12a300 and #9100a3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a30112 is made of 90% red, 1% green and 10% blue. In a HSL mode Dear Darling has a hue angle of 353.7°, a saturation of 98.78% and a lightness of 32.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a30112 is made of 0% cyan, 63.53% magenta, 56.86% yellow and 36.08% black ink.

HEX #a30112
RGB Decimal rgb(163,1,18)
RGB Percentage 90%, 1%, 10%
CMYK 0, 63.53, 56.86, 36.08
HSL hsl(353.7,98.78%,32.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(353.7,99.39%,63.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.6725,57.4357,40.1024)
XYZ xyz(15.2243,7.8519,1.2854)
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