Cadmium Purple Color

#b60c26

Cadmium Purple 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 #49f3d9
Complementary Color #0cb59b
Color Shade: cool red (350.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.04% (better contrasting with white)
Cadmium Purple Color Sample
Cadmium Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b60c26

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cadmium Purple Color. The French Winery color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Red Potion (#dd143d) for more calm effect. Try Piercing Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0cb59b is the best complementary color to Cadmium Purple. 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 #b60c26 complementary color is Niagara, 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 Shiraz are #b50c7a and #b5460c. Thus found on the left and right of #b60c26 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jazzberry Jam and Rock Spray colors as they work well with Cadmium Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cadmium Purple palette consists of #0c7ab5 and #0cb547 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0cb59b). Try Denim and Malachite colors in combination with #b60c26, 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 #b60c26 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 Cadmium Purple. Thus Torea Bay and Christi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cadmium Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Niagara, Christi, and Blue Gem split by 90° on the color wheel. #b60c26 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. Cadmium Purple tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#0cb59b) and two others. The Christi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary Niagara. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #26b50c and #9b0cb5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b60c26 is made of 78% red, 5% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Cadmium Purple has a hue angle of 350.82°, a saturation of 87.63% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b60c26 is made of 0% cyan, 66.66% magenta, 56.47% yellow and 28.63% black ink.

HEX #b60c26
RGB Decimal rgb(182,12,38)
RGB Percentage 78%, 5%, 16%
CMYK 0, 66.66, 56.47, 28.63
HSL hsl(350.82,87.63%,38.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(350.82,93.41%,71.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.4598,61.5237,34.9409)
XYZ xyz(19.7727,10.348,2.7889)
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