Tomato Sauce Color

#b21807

Tomato Sauce is deep, 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 #4de7f8
Complementary Color #07a0b2
Color Shade: mid red (5.96° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.27% (better contrasting with white)
Tomato Sauce Color Sample
Tomato Sauce Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b21807

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Tomato Sauce Color. The Bern Red 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 Mahogany Brown (#812308) for more calm effect. Try Ares Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#07a0b2 is the best complementary color to Tomato Sauce. 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 #b21807 complementary color is Bondi Blue, 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 Milano Red are #b2074b and #b26d07. Thus found on the left and right of #b21807 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shiraz and Mai Tai colors as they work well with Tomato Sauce.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tomato Sauce palette consists of #074bb2 and #07b26d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#07a0b2). Try Cobalt and Green Haze colors in combination with #b21807, 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 #b21807 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 Tomato Sauce. Thus Dark Blue and Malachite giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tomato Sauce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bondi Blue, Limeade, and Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #b21807 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. Tomato Sauce tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#07a0b2) and two others. The Malachite is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Violet Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Bondi Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #07b218 and #b207a0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b21807 is made of 85% red, 11% green and 3% blue. In a HSL mode Tomato Sauce has a hue angle of 5.96°, a saturation of 92.43% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b21807 is made of 0% cyan, 60.39% magenta, 67.05% yellow and 30.2% black ink.

HEX #b21807
RGB Decimal rgb(178,24,7)
RGB Percentage 85%, 11%, 3%
CMYK 0, 60.39, 67.05, 30.2
HSL hsl(5.96,92.43%,36.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(5.96,96.07%,69.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.0811,57.8284,49.1086)
XYZ xyz(18.7251,10.1336,1.1701)
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