Chinese New Year is vivid, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #0c9 |
| Complementary Color | #32ffcc |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (345° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 60% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Chinese New Year Color. The Raspberry Shortcake 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 Strawberry (#fb2943) for more calm effect. Try French Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#32ffcc is the best complementary color to Chinese New Year. Warm cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f36 complementary color is Bright Turquoise, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #ff32cb and #ff6532. Thus found on the left and right of #f36 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Razzle Dazzle Rose and Outrageous Orange colors as they work well with Chinese New Year.
The split-complementary Chinese New Year palette consists of #32ccff and #32ff66 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#32ffcc). Try Dodger Blue and Screamin' Green colors in combination with #f36, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #f36 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 Chinese New Year. Thus Dodger Blue and Bright Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Chinese New Year contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bright Turquoise, Green Yellow, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #f36 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chinese New Year tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#32ffcc) and two others. The Bright Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heliotrope – 120° from the complementary Bright Turquoise. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #65ff32 and #cc32ff.
In a RGB color space, hex #ff3366 is made of 63% red, 13% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Chinese New Year has a hue angle of 345°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff3366 is made of 0% cyan, 80% magenta, 60% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ff3366 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,51,102) |
| RGB Percentage | 63%, 13%, 25% |
| CMYK | 0, 80, 60, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(345,100%,60%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(345,80%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.6707,75.9477,22.107) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.8221,24.587,14.9537) |