Crucified Red Color

#cc0044

Crucified Red 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 #3fb
Complementary Color #0c8
Color Shade: red magenta (340° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Crucified Red Color Sample
Crucified Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cc0044

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Crucified Red Color. The Pink Red 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 Bourgeois (#ee0066) for more calm effect. Try Cherry Tomato as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0c8 is the best complementary color to Crucified Red. 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 #c04 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #cc00a9 and #c20. Thus found on the left and right of #c04 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hollywood Cerise and White colors as they work well with Crucified Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Crucified Red palette consists of #00a9cc and #0c2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0c8). Try Cerulean and White colors in combination with #c04, 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 #c04 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 Crucified Red. Thus Science Blue and Harlequin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Crucified Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Pistachio, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #c04 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Crucified Red tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#0c8) and two others. The Harlequin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #43cc00 and #80c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cc0044 is made of 75% red, 0% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Crucified Red has a hue angle of 340°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc0044 is made of 0% cyan, 80% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #cc0044
RGB Decimal rgb(204,0,68)
RGB Percentage 75%, 0%, 25%
CMYK 0, 80, 53.33, 20
HSL hsl(340,100%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(340,100%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.1446,69.4134,23.1727)
XYZ xyz(25.9452,13.2547,6.6598)
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