Red Knuckles Color

#dd0011

Red Knuckles 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 #2fe
Complementary Color #0dc
Color Shade: cool red (355.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Red Knuckles Color Sample
Red Knuckles Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dd0011

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Knuckles Color. The Rose Hip color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Tractor Red (#fd0f35) for more calm effect. Try Rage as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0dc is the best complementary color to Red Knuckles. 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 #d01 complementary color is White, 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 White are #dd007f and #dd5d00. Thus found on the left and right of #d01 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose and Bamboo colors as they work well with Red Knuckles.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Knuckles palette consists of #007fdd and #00dd5d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0dc). Try Lochmara and Malachite colors in combination with #d01, 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 #d01 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 Red Knuckles. Thus Dark Blue and Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Knuckles contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Chartreuse, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #d01 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. Red Knuckles tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#0dc) and two others. The Green 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 #10dd00 and #c0d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dd0011 is made of 93% red, 0% green and 7% blue. In a HSL mode Red Knuckles has a hue angle of 355.38°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dd0011 is made of 0% cyan, 86.67% magenta, 80% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #dd0011
RGB Decimal rgb(221,0,17)
RGB Percentage 93%, 0%, 7%
CMYK 0, 86.67, 80, 13.33
HSL hsl(355.38,100%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(355.38,100%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.1942,72.0508,55.0999)
XYZ xyz(29.92,15.4126,1.9283)
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