Cherry Bomb Color

#b73d3f

Cherry Bomb is soft, 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 #48c2c0
Complementary Color #3db7b5
Color Shade: cool red (359.02° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.84% (better contrasting with white)
Cherry Bomb Color Sample
Cherry Bomb Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b73d3f

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cherry Bomb Color. The Boerewors 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 saturated alternative called Claret Red (#c84c61) for more energetic effect. Try Cherry Hill as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3db7b5 is the best complementary color to Cherry Bomb. 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 #b73d3f complementary color is Puerto Rico, 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 Medium Carmine are #b73d7b and #b7773d. Thus found on the left and right of #b73d3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Royal Heath and Copper colors as they work well with Cherry Bomb.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cherry Bomb palette consists of #3d7cb7 and #3db777 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3db7b5). Try Steel Blue and Ocean Green colors in combination with #b73d3f, 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 #b73d3f 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 Cherry Bomb. Thus Governor Bay and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cherry Bomb contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Puerto Rico, Sushi, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #b73d3f 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. Cherry Bomb tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#3db7b5) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amethyst – 120° from the complementary Puerto Rico. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3fb73d and #b43db7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b73d3f is made of 60% red, 20% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Cherry Bomb has a hue angle of 359.02°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 47.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b73d3f is made of 0% cyan, 47.84% magenta, 47.05% yellow and 28.24% black ink.

HEX #b73d3f
RGB Decimal rgb(183,61,63)
RGB Percentage 60%, 20%, 21%
CMYK 0, 47.84, 47.05, 28.24
HSL hsl(359.02,50%,47.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(359.02,66.67%,71.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.892,49.2781,26.3399)
XYZ xyz(22.0944,13.7636,6.1948)
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