Festival Orange Color

#de5e3f

Festival Orange is soft, 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 #21a1c0
Complementary Color #3ebede
Color Shade: mid red (11.7° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 55.88% (better contrasting with white)
Festival Orange Color Sample
Festival Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #de5e3f

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Festival Orange Color. The Sizzling Sunset color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Native Berry (#dc6b67) for more calm effect. Try Copper Harbor as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3ebede is the best complementary color to Festival Orange. 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 #de5e3f complementary color is Scooter, 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 Flame Pea are #de3e6f and #dead3e. Thus found on the left and right of #de5e3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cerise Red and Anzac colors as they work well with Festival Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Festival Orange palette consists of #3e6fde and #3edead colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3ebede). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise colors in combination with #de5e3f, 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 #de5e3f 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 Festival Orange. Thus Purple Heart and Emerald giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Festival Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scooter, Atlantis, and Medium Purple split by 90° on the color wheel. #de5e3f 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. Festival Orange tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#3ebede) and two others. The Emerald is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cerise – 120° from the complementary Scooter. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3ede5e and #de3ebf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #de5e3f is made of 59% red, 25% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Festival Orange has a hue angle of 11.7°, a saturation of 70.67% and a lightness of 55.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #de5e3f is made of 0% cyan, 50.2% magenta, 62.35% yellow and 12.94% black ink.

HEX #de5e3f
RGB Decimal rgb(222,94,63)
RGB Percentage 59%, 25%, 17%
CMYK 0, 50.2, 62.35, 12.94
HSL hsl(11.7,70.67%,55.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(11.7,71.62%,87.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.9814,48.1999,42.2361)
XYZ xyz(35.0241,23.8939,7.4686)
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