Curry Powder Color

#cc6600

Curry Powder is vibrant, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #39f
Complementary Color #0065cc
Color Shade: warm red (30° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Curry Powder Color Sample
Curry Powder Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cc6600

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Curry Powder Color. The Chilean Fire color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cassandra's Curse (#bb7700) for more calm effect. Try Windsor Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0065cc is the best complementary color to Curry Powder. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c60 complementary color is Science Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #c00 and #cbcc00. Thus found on the left and right of #c60 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Rio Grande colors as they work well with Curry Powder.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Curry Powder palette consists of #00c and #00cbcc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0065cc). Try White and Robin's Egg Blue colors in combination with #c60, 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 #c60 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Curry Powder. Thus Purple and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Curry Powder contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Science Blue, White, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #c60 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, blue cyan and mid magenta 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. Curry Powder tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0065cc) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary Science Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0c6 and #c06.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cc6600 is made of 67% red, 33% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Curry Powder has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc6600 is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 80% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #cc6600
RGB Decimal rgb(204,102,0)
RGB Percentage 67%, 33%, 0%
CMYK 0, 40, 80, 20
HSL hsl(30,100%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30,100%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.386,35.7276,62.6814)
XYZ xyz(29.6532,22.3401,2.7492)
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