Red Salsa Color

#fd3a4a

Red Salsa 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 #02c5b5
Complementary Color #3afced
Color Shade: cool red (355.08° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.98% (better contrasting with white)
Red Salsa Color Sample
Red Salsa Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fd3a4a

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Salsa Color. The Infra Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Fiery Rose (#ff5470) for more energetic effect. Try Vivid Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3afced is the best complementary color to Red Salsa. 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 #fd3a4a complementary color is Cyan / Aqua, 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 Coral Red are #fc3aab and #fc8b3a. Thus found on the left and right of #fd3a4a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wild Strawberry and Crusta colors as they work well with Red Salsa.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Salsa palette consists of #3aabfc and #3afc8b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3afced). Try Dodger Blue and Screamin' Green colors in combination with #fd3a4a, 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 #fd3a4a 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 Red Salsa. Thus Blue Ribbon and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Salsa contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cyan / Aqua, Green Yellow, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #fd3a4a 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. Red Salsa tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#3afced) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heliotrope – 120° from the complementary Cyan / Aqua. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #49fc3a and #ed3afc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fd3a4a is made of 66% red, 15% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Red Salsa has a hue angle of 355.08°, a saturation of 97.99% and a lightness of 60.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fd3a4a is made of 0% cyan, 76.47% magenta, 70.2% yellow and 0.78% black ink.

HEX #fd3a4a
RGB Decimal rgb(253,58,74)
RGB Percentage 66%, 15%, 19%
CMYK 0, 76.47, 70.2, 0.78
HSL hsl(355.08,97.99%,60.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(355.08,77.08%,99.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.4892,72.1468,38.155)
XYZ xyz(43.2571,24.4032,8.9089)
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