French Wine Color

#ac1e44

French Wine 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 #53e1bb
Complementary Color #1eac86
Color Shade: red magenta (343.94° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.61% (better contrasting with white)
French Wine Color Sample
French Wine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ac1e44

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to French Wine Color. The Karakurenai Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Pink Peacock (#c62168) for more energetic effect. Try Tilted Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#1eac86 is the best complementary color to French Wine. 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 #ac1e44 complementary color is Mountain Meadow, 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 Maroon Flush are #ac1e8a and #ac3e1e. Thus found on the left and right of #ac1e44 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Violet and Cognac colors as they work well with French Wine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary French Wine palette consists of #1e8bac and #1eac3f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1eac86). Try Eastern Blue and Forest Green colors in combination with #ac1e44, 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 #ac1e44 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 French Wine. Thus Persian Blue and Vida Loca giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of French Wine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountain Meadow, Citron, and Daisy Bush split by 90° on the color wheel. #ac1e44 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. French Wine tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#1eac86) and two others. The Vida Loca is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Seance – 120° from the complementary Mountain Meadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #43ac1e and #851eac.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ac1e44 is made of 64% red, 11% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode French Wine has a hue angle of 343.94°, a saturation of 70.3% and a lightness of 39.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ac1e44 is made of 0% cyan, 55.69% magenta, 40.78% yellow and 32.55% black ink.

HEX #ac1e44
RGB Decimal rgb(172,30,68)
RGB Percentage 64%, 11%, 25%
CMYK 0, 55.69, 40.78, 32.55
HSL hsl(343.94,70.3%,39.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(343.94,82.56%,67.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.0508,56.8978,15.2453)
XYZ xyz(18.5209,10.1166,6.4454)
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