Pure Red Color

#d22d1d

Pure Red is vivid, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #2dd2e2
Complementary Color #1dc2d2
Color Shade: mid red (5.3° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.86% (better contrasting with white)
Pure Red Color Sample
Pure Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d22d1d

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pure Red Color. The Volcanic Blast color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Red Menace (#aa2121) for more calm effect. Try Blood Rush as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1dc2d2 is the best complementary color to Pure Red. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d22d1d complementary color is Java, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Thunderbird are #d21d67 and #d2871d. Thus found on the left and right of #d22d1d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cerise Red and Geebung colors as they work well with Pure Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pure Red palette consists of #1d67d2 and #1dd287 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1dc2d2). Try Mariner and Mountain Meadow colors in combination with #d22d1d, 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 #d22d1d offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pure Red. Thus Persian Blue and Malachite giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pure Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Java, Lima, and Purple Heart split by 90° on the color wheel. #d22d1d square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Pure Red tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#1dc2d2) and two others. The Malachite is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Red Violet – 120° from the complementary Java. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1dd22d and #d21dc1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d22d1d is made of 74% red, 16% green and 10% blue. In a HSL mode Pure Red has a hue angle of 5.3°, a saturation of 75.73% and a lightness of 46.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d22d1d is made of 0% cyan, 64.7% magenta, 70.98% yellow and 17.65% black ink.

HEX #d22d1d
RGB Decimal rgb(210,45,29)
RGB Percentage 74%, 16%, 10%
CMYK 0, 64.7, 70.98, 17.65
HSL hsl(5.3,75.73%,46.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(5.3,86.19%,82.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.5347,62.1076,49.3209)
XYZ xyz(27.7385,15.6671,2.7245)
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