Cross My Heart Color

#ad2a2d

Cross My Heart 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 #52d5d2
Complementary Color #29ada9
Color Shade: cool red (358.63° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.16% (better contrasting with white)
Cross My Heart Color Sample
Cross My Heart Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ad2a2d

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cross My Heart Color. The Chi-Gong color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Flame Red (#86282e) for more calm effect. Try Rio Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#29ada9 is the best complementary color to Cross My Heart. 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 #ad2a2d complementary color is Jungle Green, 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 Tall Poppy are #ad296e and #ad6829. Thus found on the left and right of #ad2a2d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hibiscus and Paarl colors as they work well with Cross My Heart.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cross My Heart palette consists of #296ead and #29ad68 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#29ada9). Try Jelly Bean and Jungle Green colors in combination with #ad2a2d, 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 #ad2a2d 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 Cross My Heart. Thus Governor Bay and Forest Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cross My Heart contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jungle Green, Olive Drab, and Purple Heart split by 90° on the color wheel. #ad2a2d 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. Cross My Heart tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#29ada9) and two others. The Forest Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Seance – 120° from the complementary Jungle Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2dad29 and #a929ad.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ad2a2d is made of 67% red, 16% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Cross My Heart has a hue angle of 358.63°, a saturation of 60.93% and a lightness of 42.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ad2a2d is made of 0% cyan, 51.37% magenta, 50.19% yellow and 32.16% black ink.

HEX #ad2a2d
RGB Decimal rgb(173,42,45)
RGB Percentage 67%, 16%, 17%
CMYK 0, 51.37, 50.19, 32.16
HSL hsl(358.63,60.93%,42.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(358.63,75.72%,67.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.1213,52.358,30.9838)
XYZ xyz(18.5352,10.7296,3.5767)
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