Artful Red Color

#b30103

Artful Red 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 #4cfefc
Complementary Color #00b3b1
Color Shade: cool red (359.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.29% (better contrasting with white)
Artful Red Color Sample
Artful Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b30103

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Artful Red Color. The Flame Hawkfish color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Red Knuckles (#dd0011) for more energetic effect. Try Crimson as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#00b3b1 is the best complementary color to Artful Red. 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 #b30103 complementary color is Bondi Blue, 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 Bright Red are #b3005b and #b35700. Thus found on the left and right of #b30103 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lipstick and Rose of Sharon colors as they work well with Artful Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Artful Red palette consists of #005cb3 and #00b357 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00b3b1). Try Endeavour and Jade colors in combination with #b30103, 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 #b30103 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 Artful Red. Thus Dark Blue and Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Artful Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bondi Blue, Limeade, and Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #b30103 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. Artful Red tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#00b3b1) and two others. The Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary Bondi Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #03b300 and #b000b3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b30103 is made of 98% red, 1% green and 2% blue. In a HSL mode Artful Red has a hue angle of 359.33°, a saturation of 98.89% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b30103 is made of 0% cyan, 69.81% magenta, 69.02% yellow and 29.8% black ink.

HEX #b30103
RGB Decimal rgb(179,1,3)
RGB Percentage 98%, 1%, 2%
CMYK 0, 69.81, 69.02, 29.8
HSL hsl(359.33,98.89%,35.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(359.33,99.44%,70.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.1368,61.3413,50.2951)
XYZ xyz(18.6177,9.612,0.9602)
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