Pictorial Carmine is vivid, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green
| Inverse Color | #3cf4b1 |
| Complementary Color | #0ac380 |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (338.15° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pictorial Carmine Color. The Red Potion color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Wild Rider Red (#dc143c) for more calm effect. Try Borderline Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0ac380 is the best complementary color to Pictorial Carmine. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c30b4e complementary color is Caribbean Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Shiraz are #c30aa9 and #c3240a. Thus found on the left and right of #c30b4e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Violet and Milano Red colors as they work well with Pictorial Carmine.
The split-complementary Pictorial Carmine palette consists of #0aa9c3 and #0ac324 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0ac380). Try Cerulean and Malachite colors in combination with #c30b4e, 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 #c30b4e offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pictorial Carmine. Thus Denim and Christi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pictorial Carmine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Caribbean Green, Citrus, and Dark Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #c30b4e square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pictorial Carmine tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#0ac380) and two others. The Christi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary Caribbean Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4dc30a and #7f0ac3.
In a RGB color space, hex #c30b4e is made of 69% red, 4% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Pictorial Carmine has a hue angle of 338.15°, a saturation of 89.32% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c30b4e is made of 0% cyan, 72.16% magenta, 45.88% yellow and 23.53% black ink.
| HEX | #c30b4e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(195,11,78) |
| RGB Percentage | 69%, 4%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 72.16, 45.88, 23.53 |
| HSL | hsl(338.15,89.32%,40.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(338.15,94.36%,76.47%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.8317,66.7571,14.791) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.0005,12.3915,8.3346) |