Cardinal Color

#c41e3a

Cardinal is vivid, 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 #3be1c5
Complementary Color #1ec4a7
Color Shade: cool red (349.88° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.31% (better contrasting with white)
Cardinal Color Sample
Cardinal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c41e3a

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cardinal Color. The Transfusion color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called True Crimson (#a22042) for more calm effect. Try Bloody Periphylla as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#1ec4a7 is the best complementary color to Cardinal. 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 #c41e3a complementary color is Java, 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 Cardinal are #c41e8c and #c4551e. Thus found on the left and right of #c41e3a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Violet and Orange Roughy colors as they work well with Cardinal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cardinal palette consists of #1e8cc4 and #1ec455 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1ec4a7). Try Curious Blue and Mountain Meadow colors in combination with #c41e3a, 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 #c41e3a 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 Cardinal. Thus Persian Blue and Lima giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cardinal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Java, Lima, and Purple Heart split by 90° on the color wheel. #c41e3a 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. Cardinal tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#1ec4a7) and two others. The Lima is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple Heart – 120° from the complementary Java. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3ac41e and #a71ec4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c41e3a is made of 69% red, 11% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Cardinal has a hue angle of 349.88°, a saturation of 73.45% and a lightness of 44.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c41e3a is made of 0% cyan, 65.1% magenta, 54.11% yellow and 23.14% black ink.

HEX #c41e3a
RGB Decimal rgb(196,30,58)
RGB Percentage 69%, 11%, 20%
CMYK 0, 65.1, 54.11, 23.14
HSL hsl(349.88,73.45%,44.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(349.88,84.69%,76.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.7177,62.905,28.481)
XYZ xyz(23.9929,12.9698,5.2418)
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