Arcade Fire Color

#ee3311

Arcade Fire is vivid, 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 #1ce
Complementary Color #10cbee
Color Shade: mid red (9.23° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Arcade Fire Color Sample
Arcade Fire Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ee3311

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Arcade Fire Color. The Minestrone color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Love Goddess (#cd0d0d) for more energetic effect. Try Mandarin Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#10cbee is the best complementary color to Arcade Fire. 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 #e31 complementary color is Bright Turquoise, 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 White are #ee105d and #eea110. Thus found on the left and right of #e31 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Razzmatazz and Gamboge colors as they work well with Arcade Fire.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Arcade Fire palette consists of #105dee and #10eea1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#10cbee). Try Blue Ribbon and Spring Green colors in combination with #e31, 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 #e31 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 Arcade Fire. Thus Blue and Malachite giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Arcade Fire contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bright Turquoise, Bright Green, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #e31 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. Arcade Fire tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#10cbee) and two others. The Malachite is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shocking Pink – 120° from the complementary Bright Turquoise. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #10ee33 and #ee10cc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ee3311 is made of 78% red, 17% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Arcade Fire has a hue angle of 9.23°, a saturation of 86.67% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ee3311 is made of 0% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 86.66% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #ee3311
RGB Decimal rgb(238,51,17)
RGB Percentage 78%, 17%, 6%
CMYK 0, 73.33, 86.66, 6.67
HSL hsl(9.23,86.67%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(9.23,92.86%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(52.4926,68.3529,60.6642)
XYZ xyz(36.5449,20.5853,2.5775)
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