Shy Guy Red Color

#aa0055

Shy Guy Red is deep, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #5fa
Complementary Color #0a5
Color Shade: warm magenta (330° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.33% (better contrasting with white)
Shy Guy Red Color Sample
Shy Guy Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa0055

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Shy Guy Red Color. The Bottom of my Heart color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Red Wine (#8c0034) for more calm effect. Try Macabre as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0a5 is the best complementary color to Shy Guy Red. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a05 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #aa00a9 and #a00. Thus found on the left and right of #a05 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flirt and White colors as they work well with Shy Guy Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Shy Guy Red palette consists of #00a9aa and #0a0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0a5). Try Persian Green and White colors in combination with #a05, 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 #a05 offers a combination of blue cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Shy Guy Red. Thus Endeavour and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Shy Guy Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Buddha Gold, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #a05 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, mid yellow, cool green and cool 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. Shy Guy Red tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#0a5) 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 #5a0 and #5400aa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa0055 is made of 67% red, 0% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Shy Guy Red has a hue angle of 330°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa0055 is made of 0% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 33.34% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa0055
RGB Decimal rgb(170,0,85)
RGB Percentage 67%, 0%, 33%
CMYK 0, 66.67, 33.34, 33.33
HSL hsl(330,100%,33.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(330,100%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.3702,62.5488,1.8678)
XYZ xyz(18.2173,9.2019,9.4103)
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