Red Riding Hood Color

#fe2713

Red Riding Hood 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 #01d8ec
Complementary Color #12e9fe
Color Shade: mid red (5.11° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.53% (better contrasting with white)
Red Riding Hood Color Sample
Red Riding Hood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fe2713

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Red Riding Hood Color. The Pumping Spice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Anarchy (#de0300) for more energetic effect. Try Republican as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#12e9fe is the best complementary color to Red Riding Hood. 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 #fe2713 complementary color is Cyan / Aqua, 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 Scarlet are #fe1274 and #fe9c12. Thus found on the left and right of #fe2713 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose and West Side colors as they work well with Red Riding Hood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Red Riding Hood palette consists of #1274fe and #12fe9c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#12e9fe). Try Azure Radiance and Spring Green colors in combination with #fe2713, 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 #fe2713 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 Red Riding Hood. Thus Blue and Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Red Riding Hood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cyan / Aqua, Chartreuse, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #fe2713 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. Red Riding Hood tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#12e9fe) 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 #12fe27 and #fe12e9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fe2713 is made of 81% red, 13% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Red Riding Hood has a hue angle of 5.11°, a saturation of 99.16% and a lightness of 53.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fe2713 is made of 0% cyan, 84.32% magenta, 92.16% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fe2713
RGB Decimal rgb(254,39,19)
RGB Percentage 81%, 13%, 6%
CMYK 0, 84.32, 92.16, 0.39
HSL hsl(5.11,99.16%,53.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(5.11,92.52%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.6255,75.5579,62.9207)
XYZ xyz(41.7161,22.5689,2.7736)
;