Cadmium Red Color

#e30022

Cadmium 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 #1cffdd
Complementary Color #00e3c1
Color Shade: cool red (351.01° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.51% (better contrasting with white)
Cadmium Red Color Sample
Cadmium Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e30022

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cadmium Red Color. The Valentine Lava 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 Utah Crimson (#d3003f) for more calm effect. Try Nippon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00e3c1 is the best complementary color to Cadmium 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 #e30022 complementary color is Robin's Egg Blue, 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 Monza are #e30093 and #e34f00. Thus found on the left and right of #e30022 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hollywood Cerise and Trinidad colors as they work well with Cadmium Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cadmium Red palette consists of #0093e3 and #00e34f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00e3c1). Try Cerulean and Malachite colors in combination with #e30022, 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 #e30022 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 Cadmium Red. Thus Dark Blue and Harlequin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cadmium Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Robin's Egg Blue, Chartreuse, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #e30022 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. Cadmium Red tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#00e3c1) and two others. The Harlequin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Robin's Egg Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #22e300 and #c000e3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e30022 is made of 87% red, 0% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Cadmium Red has a hue angle of 351.01°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e30022 is made of 0% cyan, 89.02% magenta, 75.69% yellow and 10.98% black ink.

HEX #e30022
RGB Decimal rgb(227,0,34)
RGB Percentage 87%, 0%, 13%
CMYK 0, 89.02, 75.69, 10.98
HSL hsl(351.01,100%,44.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351.01,100%,89.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.5548,73.7739,49.1507)
XYZ xyz(31.9673,16.4464,3.003)
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