Chorizo Color

#aa0011

Chorizo 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 #5fe
Complementary Color #0a9
Color Shade: cool red (354° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.33% (better contrasting with white)
Chorizo Color Sample
Chorizo Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa0011

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chorizo Color. The Vampire Bite 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 Vermilion Scarlet (#d1062b) for more calm effect. Try Demon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0a9 is the best complementary color to Chorizo. 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 #a01 complementary color is White, 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 White are #aa0065 and #a40. Thus found on the left and right of #a01 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flirt and White colors as they work well with Chorizo.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chorizo palette consists of #0065aa and #0a4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0a9). Try Endeavour and White colors in combination with #a01, 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 #a01 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 Chorizo. Thus International Klein Blue and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chorizo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Limeade, and Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #a01 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. Chorizo tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#0a9) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1a0 and #9800aa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa0011 is made of 91% red, 0% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Chorizo has a hue angle of 354°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa0011 is made of 0% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 60% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa0011
RGB Decimal rgb(170,0,17)
RGB Percentage 91%, 0%, 9%
CMYK 0, 66.67, 60, 33.33
HSL hsl(354,100%,33.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(354,100%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.1757,59.3422,42.4219)
XYZ xyz(16.6787,8.5865,1.3086)
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