Fire Axe Red Color

#ce1620

Fire Axe Red 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 #31e9df
Complementary Color #16cec4
Color Shade: cool red (356.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.71% (better contrasting with white)
Fire Axe Red Color Sample
Fire Axe Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ce1620

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Fire Axe Red Color. The Red Vitality color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Spartan Crimson (#9e1316) for more calm effect. Try Hong Kong Taxi as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#16cec4 is the best complementary color to Fire Axe Red. 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 #ce1620 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 Thunderbird are #ce167b and #ce6816. Thus found on the left and right of #ce1620 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Violet and Hot Cinnamon colors as they work well with Fire Axe Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fire Axe Red palette consists of #167bce and #16ce68 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#16cec4). Try Denim and Malachite colors in combination with #ce1620, 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 #ce1620 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 Fire Axe Red. Thus Persian Blue and Malachite giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fire Axe Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Java, Lima, and Purple Heart split by 90° on the color wheel. #ce1620 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. Fire Axe Red tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#16cec4) and two others. The Malachite is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Java. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1fce16 and #c316ce.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ce1620 is made of 79% red, 8% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Fire Axe Red has a hue angle of 356.74°, a saturation of 80.7% and a lightness of 44.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ce1620 is made of 0% cyan, 72.15% magenta, 68.23% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #ce1620
RGB Decimal rgb(206,22,32)
RGB Percentage 79%, 8%, 12%
CMYK 0, 72.15, 68.23, 19.22
HSL hsl(356.74,80.7%,44.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.74,89.32%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.9446,66.1981,45.3223)
XYZ xyz(26.0012,13.7999,2.6597)
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