Poppy Flower Color

#ec5800

Poppy Flower is vivid, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #13a7ff
Complementary Color #0093ec
Color Shade: warm red (22.37° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.27% (better contrasting with white)
Poppy Flower Color Sample
Poppy Flower Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ec5800

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Poppy Flower Color. The Crema color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Heat Wave (#ff7a00) for more calm effect. Try Orange Pepper as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0093ec is the best complementary color to Poppy Flower. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ec5800 complementary color is Azure Radiance, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Trinidad are #ec001e and #eccd00. Thus found on the left and right of #ec5800 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red and Corn colors as they work well with Poppy Flower.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Poppy Flower palette consists of #001dec and #00ecce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0093ec). Try Blue and Bright Turquoise colors in combination with #ec5800, 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 #ec5800 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Poppy Flower. Thus Electric Violet and Malachite giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Poppy Flower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Azure Radiance, Green, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #ec5800 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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. Poppy Flower tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#0093ec) and two others. The Malachite is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hollywood Cerise – 120° from the complementary Azure Radiance. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00ec58 and #ec0093.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ec5800 is made of 73% red, 27% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Poppy Flower has a hue angle of 22.37°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 46.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ec5800 is made of 0% cyan, 58.04% magenta, 92.55% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #ec5800
RGB Decimal rgb(236,88,0)
RGB Percentage 73%, 27%, 0%
CMYK 0, 58.04, 92.55, 7.45
HSL hsl(22.37,100%,46.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(22.37,100%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.8921,54.4165,66.7688)
XYZ xyz(38.0818,24.8123,2.7821)
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