Red Gumball Color

#ac3a3e

Red Gumball is soft, 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 #53c5c1
Complementary Color #39aca7
Color Shade: cool red (357.89° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.1% (better contrasting with white)
Red Gumball Color Sample
Red Gumball Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ac3a3e

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Gumball Color. The Lingonberry Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Popstar (#be4f62) for more calm effect. Try Red Chicory as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#39aca7 is the best complementary color to Red Gumball. 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 #ac3a3e complementary color is Keppel, 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 Medium Carmine are #ac3976 and #ac6f39. Thus found on the left and right of #ac3a3e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Royal Heath and Copper colors as they work well with Red Gumball.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Gumball palette consists of #3976ac and #39ac6f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#39aca7). Try Astral and Ocean Green colors in combination with #ac3a3e, 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 #ac3a3e 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 Red Gumball. Thus Governor Bay and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Gumball contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Keppel, Sushi, and Royal Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #ac3a3e 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. Red Gumball tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#39aca7) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vivid Violet – 120° from the complementary Keppel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3eac39 and #a739ac.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ac3a3e is made of 59% red, 20% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Red Gumball has a hue angle of 357.89°, a saturation of 49.57% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ac3a3e is made of 0% cyan, 44.7% magenta, 43.14% yellow and 32.55% black ink.

HEX #ac3a3e
RGB Decimal rgb(172,58,62)
RGB Percentage 59%, 20%, 21%
CMYK 0, 44.7, 43.14, 32.55
HSL hsl(357.89,49.57%,45.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(357.89,66.28%,67.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.445,46.7621,23.4495)
XYZ xyz(19.3958,12.1446,5.8793)
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