Sanguine is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #449dd1 |
| Complementary Color | #2e86bb |
| Color Shade: | warm red (22.13° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 45.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Sanguine Color. The Sugar Almond color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cathay Spice (#99642c) for more calm effect. Try Enchanting Ginger as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#2e86bb is the best complementary color to Sanguine. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bb622e complementary color is Boston Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tuscany are #bb2e40 and #bba82e. Thus found on the left and right of #bb622e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brick Red and Hokey Pokey colors as they work well with Sanguine.
The split-complementary Sanguine palette consists of #2e40bb and #2ebba8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2e86bb). Try Governor Bay and Shamrock colors in combination with #bb622e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #bb622e offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sanguine. Thus Purple Heart and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sanguine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Boston Blue, Apple, and Purple Heart split by 90° on the color wheel. #bb622e square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sanguine tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#2e86bb) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Medium Red Violet – 120° from the complementary Boston Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2ebb62 and #bb2e86.
In a RGB color space, hex #bb622e is made of 56% red, 30% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Sanguine has a hue angle of 22.13°, a saturation of 60.52% and a lightness of 45.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb622e is made of 0% cyan, 34.9% magenta, 55.29% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #bb622e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(187,98,46) |
| RGB Percentage | 56%, 30%, 14% |
| CMYK | 0, 34.9, 55.29, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(22.13,60.52%,45.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(22.13,75.4%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(51.2642,31.934,44.2964) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.3543,19.4974,5.0118) |