Hot Lava Color

#aa0033

Hot Lava is deep, 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 #5fc
Complementary Color #0a7
Color Shade: red magenta (342° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.33% (better contrasting with white)
Hot Lava Color Sample
Hot Lava Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa0033

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Hot Lava Color. The Red-Letter Day color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Kurenai Red (#d7003a) for more calm effect. Try Sneaky Devil as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0a7 is the best complementary color to Hot Lava. 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 #a03 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #aa0087 and #a20. Thus found on the left and right of #a03 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flirt and White colors as they work well with Hot Lava.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hot Lava palette consists of #0087aa and #00aa21 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0a7). Try Deep Cerulean and Green Haze colors in combination with #a03, 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 #a03 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 Hot Lava. Thus International Klein Blue and Limeade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hot Lava contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Limeade, and Dark Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #a03 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Hot Lava tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#0a7) and two others. The Limeade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #32aa00 and #70a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa0033 is made of 77% red, 0% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Hot Lava has a hue angle of 342°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa0033 is made of 0% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 46.67% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa0033
RGB Decimal rgb(170,0,51)
RGB Percentage 77%, 0%, 23%
CMYK 0, 66.67, 46.67, 33.33
HSL hsl(342,100%,33.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(342,100%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.5671,60.4048,22.8555)
XYZ xyz(17.1751,8.7851,3.9224)
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