Free Speech Red Color

#c00000

Free Speech Red 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 #3fffff
Complementary Color #00bfc0
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 37.65% (better contrasting with white)
Free Speech Red Color Sample
Free Speech Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c00000

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Free Speech Red Color. The Hóng Bǎo Shū Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Electric Red (#e60000) for more calm effect. Try Cayenne as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00bfc0 is the best complementary color to Free Speech Red. 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 #c00000 complementary color is Robin's Egg Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Guardsman Red are #c00060 and #c06000. Thus found on the left and right of #c00000 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lipstick and Rose of Sharon colors as they work well with Free Speech Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Free Speech Red palette consists of #005fc0 and #00c060 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00bfc0). Try Science Blue and Jade colors in combination with #c00000, 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 #c00000 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 Free Speech Red. Thus Dark Blue and Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Free Speech Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Robin's Egg Blue, Limeade, and Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #c00000 square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, 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. Free Speech Red tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#00bfc0) and two others. The Green 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 #00c000 and #c000bf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c00000 is made of 100% red, 0% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Free Speech Red has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 37.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c00000 is made of 0% cyan, 75.29% magenta, 75.29% yellow and 24.71% black ink.

HEX #c00000
RGB Decimal rgb(192,0,0)
RGB Percentage 100%, 0%, 0%
CMYK 0, 75.29, 75.29, 24.71
HSL hsl(0,100%,37.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,100%,75.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.9261,64.712,54.3001)
XYZ xyz(21.7382,11.2065,1.0173)
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