Harlock's Cape Color

#bb0000

Harlock's Cape is deep, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #4ff
Complementary Color #00babb
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Harlock's Cape Color Sample
Harlock's Cape Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb0000

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Harlock's Cape Color. The Red Berry color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Scab Red (#8b0000) for more calm effect. Try Red Leever as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00babb is the best complementary color to Harlock's Cape. 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 #b00 complementary color is Robin's Egg Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #bb005d and #bb5d00. Thus found on the left and right of #b00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lipstick and Rose of Sharon colors as they work well with Harlock's Cape.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Harlock's Cape palette consists of #005dbb and #00bb5d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00babb). Try Science Blue and Jade colors in combination with #b00, 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 #b00 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 Harlock's Cape. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Harlock's Cape contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Robin's Egg Blue, Limeade, and Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #b00 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid 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. Harlock's Cape tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#00babb) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hollywood Cerise – 120° from the complementary Robin's Egg Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0b0 and #bb00ba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb0000 is made of 100% red, 0% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Harlock's Cape has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb0000 is made of 0% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 73.33% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb0000
RGB Decimal rgb(187,0,0)
RGB Percentage 100%, 0%, 0%
CMYK 0, 73.33, 73.33, 26.67
HSL hsl(0,100%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,100%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.8376,63.4525,53.2432)
XYZ xyz(20.4935,10.5648,0.9591)
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