Castlevania Heart Color

#a80020

Castlevania Heart 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 #57ffdf
Complementary Color #00a887
Color Shade: cool red (348.57° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.94% (better contrasting with white)
Castlevania Heart Color Sample
Castlevania Heart Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a80020

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Castlevania Heart Color. The Blood Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lazy Shell Red (#cc0011) for more calm effect. Try Pink Raspberry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00a887 is the best complementary color to Castlevania Heart. 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 #a80020 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 #a80073 and #a83300. Thus found on the left and right of #a80020 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flirt and Fire colors as they work well with Castlevania Heart.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Castlevania Heart palette consists of #0074a8 and #00a833 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00a887). Try Allports and Green Haze colors in combination with #a80020, 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 #a80020 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 Castlevania Heart. Thus International Klein Blue and Limeade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Castlevania Heart contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Persian Green, Limeade, and Pigment Indigo split by 90° on the color wheel. #a80020 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. Castlevania Heart tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#00a887) and two others. The Limeade 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 #20a800 and #8700a8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a80020 is made of 84% red, 0% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Castlevania Heart has a hue angle of 348.57°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 32.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a80020 is made of 0% cyan, 65.88% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 34.12% black ink.

HEX #a80020
RGB Decimal rgb(168,0,32)
RGB Percentage 84%, 0%, 16%
CMYK 0, 65.88, 53.33, 34.12
HSL hsl(348.57,100%,32.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(348.57,100%,65.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(34.8611,59.1821,33.8137)
XYZ xyz(16.4092,8.4291,2.1286)
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