Red-Letter Day 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 | #3fa |
| Complementary Color | #0c7 |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (335° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Red-Letter Day Color. The Violet Red color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Hot Lava (#aa0033) for more calm effect. Try Rock Lobster as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0c7 is the best complementary color to Red-Letter Day. 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 #c05 complementary color is White, 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 White are #c0b and #cc1000. Thus found on the left and right of #c05 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Guardsman Red colors as they work well with Red-Letter Day.
The split-complementary Red-Letter Day palette consists of #0bc and #00cc10 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0c7). Try White and Green colors in combination with #c05, 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 #c05 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 Red-Letter Day. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Red-Letter Day contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Dark Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #c05 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. Red-Letter Day tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#0c7) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5c0 and #7600cc.
In a RGB color space, hex #cc0055 is made of 71% red, 0% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Red-Letter Day has a hue angle of 335°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc0055 is made of 0% cyan, 80% magenta, 46.67% yellow and 20% black ink.
| HEX | #cc0055 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(204,0,85) |
| RGB Percentage | 71%, 0%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 80, 46.67, 20 |
| HSL | hsl(335,100%,40%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(335,100%,80%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.4972,70.3593,12.9521) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.5415,13.4932,9.7999) |