Brutal Doom Color

#e61626

Brutal Doom 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 #19e9d9
Complementary Color #16e6d6
Color Shade: cool red (355.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.41% (better contrasting with white)
Brutal Doom Color Sample
Brutal Doom Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e61626

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Brutal Doom Color. The Racing Red 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 Ruby Shard (#bd1c30) for more calm effect. Try Manganese Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#16e6d6 is the best complementary color to Brutal Doom. 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 #e61626 complementary color is Bright Turquoise, 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 Crimson are #e6168d and #e66e16. Thus found on the left and right of #e61626 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Violet and Tango colors as they work well with Brutal Doom.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brutal Doom palette consists of #168de6 and #16e66e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#16e6d6). Try Curious Blue and Malachite colors in combination with #e61626, 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 #e61626 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 Brutal Doom. Thus Persian Blue and Harlequin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brutal Doom contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bright Turquoise, Inch Worm, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #e61626 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. Brutal Doom tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#16e6d6) and two others. The Harlequin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Bright Turquoise. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #25e616 and #d616e6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e61626 is made of 79% red, 8% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Brutal Doom has a hue angle of 355.38°, a saturation of 82.54% and a lightness of 49.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e61626 is made of 0% cyan, 81.57% magenta, 75.3% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e61626
RGB Decimal rgb(230,22,38)
RGB Percentage 79%, 8%, 13%
CMYK 0, 81.57, 75.3, 9.8
HSL hsl(355.38,82.54%,49.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(355.38,90.43%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.9294,72.5092,48.5675)
XYZ xyz(33.2699,17.5368,3.4651)
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