Helvetia Red Color

#f00000

Helvetia Red is vivid, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #0fffff
Complementary Color #00eff0
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.06% (better contrasting with white)
Helvetia Red Color Sample
Helvetia Red Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f00000

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Helvetia Red Color. The Diablo 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 Vampire State Building (#cc1100) for more calm effect. Try Dynamite as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00eff0 is the best complementary color to Helvetia Red. 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 #f00000 complementary color is Cyan / Aqua, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Red are #f00078 and #f07700. Thus found on the left and right of #f00000 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose and Gold Drop colors as they work well with Helvetia Red.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Helvetia Red palette consists of #0077f0 and #00f078 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00eff0). Try Azure Radiance and Spring Green colors in combination with #f00000, 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 #f00000 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 Helvetia Red. Thus Blue and Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Helvetia Red contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cyan / Aqua, Chartreuse, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #f00000 square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, mid 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. Helvetia Red tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#00eff0) and two others. The Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Magenta / Fuchsia – 120° from the complementary Cyan / Aqua. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00f000 and #f000ef.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f00000 is made of 100% red, 0% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Helvetia Red has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 47.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f00000 is made of 0% cyan, 94.12% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 5.88% black ink.

HEX #f00000
RGB Decimal rgb(240,0,0)
RGB Percentage 100%, 0%, 0%
CMYK 0, 94.12, 94.12, 5.88
HSL hsl(0,100%,47.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,100%,94.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.1271,76.5156,64.2046)
XYZ xyz(35.9352,18.5253,1.6817)
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