Glitzy Red Color

#af413b

Glitzy Red is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #50bec4
Complementary Color #3ba9af
Color Shade: mid red (3.1° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.88% (better contrasting with white)
Glitzy Red Color Sample
Glitzy Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #af413b

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Glitzy Red Color. The Deep Fire color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tall Poppy (#853534) for more calm effect. Try Deep Orange-coloured Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3ba9af is the best complementary color to Glitzy Red. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #af413b complementary color is Keppel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Medium Carmine are #af3b6e and #af7b3b. Thus found on the left and right of #af413b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Royal Heath and Copper colors as they work well with Glitzy Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Glitzy Red palette consists of #3b6eaf and #3baf7b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3ba9af). Try San Marino and Ocean Green colors in combination with #af413b, 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 #af413b offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Glitzy Red. Thus Governor Bay and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Glitzy Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Keppel, Sushi, and Royal Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #af413b square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Glitzy Red tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#3ba9af) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Medium Red Violet – 120° from the complementary Keppel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3baf41 and #af3ba8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #af413b is made of 59% red, 22% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Glitzy Red has a hue angle of 3.1°, a saturation of 49.57% and a lightness of 45.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #af413b is made of 0% cyan, 43.14% magenta, 45.49% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #af413b
RGB Decimal rgb(175,65,59)
RGB Percentage 59%, 22%, 20%
CMYK 0, 43.14, 45.49, 31.37
HSL hsl(3.1,49.57%,45.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(3.1,66.29%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.0785,44.5151,27.4182)
XYZ xyz(20.3589,13.2103,5.6145)
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