Bloody Pico-8 Color

#ff004d

Bloody Pico-8 is vivid, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #00ffb2
Complementary Color #00ffb2
Color Shade: red magenta (341.88° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Bloody Pico-8 Color Sample
Bloody Pico-8 Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff004d

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Bloody Pico-8 Color. The Cyberpink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Utah Crimson (#d3003f) for more calm effect. Try Pink Ink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00ffb2 is the best complementary color to Bloody Pico-8. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff004d complementary color is Spring Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Torch Red are #f0c and #ff3200. Thus found on the left and right of #ff004d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Scarlet colors as they work well with Bloody Pico-8.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bloody Pico-8 palette consists of #0cf and #00ff32 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00ffb2). Try White and Green colors in combination with #ff004d, 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 #ff004d offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bloody Pico-8. Thus Blue Ribbon and Harlequin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bloody Pico-8 contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Green, White, and Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff004d square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Bloody Pico-8 tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#00ffb2) and two others. The Harlequin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Spring Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4cff00 and #b200ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff004d is made of 77% red, 0% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Bloody Pico-8 has a hue angle of 341.88°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff004d is made of 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 69.8% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff004d
RGB Decimal rgb(255,0,77)
RGB Percentage 77%, 0%, 23%
CMYK 0, 100, 69.8, 0
HSL hsl(341.88,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(341.88,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.8097,81.6779,33.2919)
XYZ xyz(42.5796,21.7958,8.984)
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