Chicken Comb Color

#dd2222

Chicken Comb is vivid, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #2dd
Complementary Color #21dcdd
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Chicken Comb Color Sample
Chicken Comb Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dd2222

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chicken Comb Color. The Carmine Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Capocollo (#d9544d) for more calm effect. Try Red Wire as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#21dcdd is the best complementary color to Chicken Comb. 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 #d22 complementary color is Turquoise, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #dd217f and #dd7f21. Thus found on the left and right of #d22 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cerise and Zest colors as they work well with Chicken Comb.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chicken Comb palette consists of #217fdd and #21dd7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#21dcdd). Try Curious Blue and Mountain Meadow colors in combination with #d22, 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 #d22 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 Chicken Comb. Thus Persian Blue and Malachite giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chicken Comb contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turquoise, Atlantis, and Purple Heart split by 90° on the color wheel. #d22 square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, mid 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. Chicken Comb tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#21dcdd) and two others. The Malachite is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cerise – 120° from the complementary Turquoise. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #21dd21 and #dd21dc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dd2222 is made of 76% red, 12% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Chicken Comb has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 73.33% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dd2222 is made of 0% cyan, 73.34% magenta, 73.34% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #dd2222
RGB Decimal rgb(221,34,34)
RGB Percentage 76%, 12%, 12%
CMYK 0, 73.34, 73.34, 13.33
HSL hsl(0,73.33%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,84.62%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.7926,68.0157,48.8734)
XYZ xyz(30.6796,16.6317,3.1066)
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