Halt and Catch Fire Color

#ff6633

Halt and Catch Fire is vivid, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #09c
Complementary Color #32ccff
Color Shade: mid red (15° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60% (better contrasting with white)
Halt and Catch Fire Color Sample
Halt and Catch Fire Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff6633

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Halt and Catch Fire Color. The Blaze color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Boredom Buster (#ff8e51) for more calm effect. Try Sunset Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#32ccff is the best complementary color to Halt and Catch Fire. 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 #f63 complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, mid red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #ff3265 and #ffcc32. Thus found on the left and right of #f63 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Radical Red and Sunglow colors as they work well with Halt and Catch Fire.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Halt and Catch Fire palette consists of #3265ff and #32ffcc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#32ccff). Try Dodger Blue and Bright Turquoise colors in combination with #f63, 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 #f63 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Halt and Catch Fire. Thus Electric Violet and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Halt and Catch Fire contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Bright Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #f63 square combo is a palette of mid red, warm green, mid cyan and cool magenta 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. Halt and Catch Fire tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#32ccff) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Razzle Dazzle Rose – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #32ff66 and #ff32cb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff6633 is made of 63% red, 25% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Halt and Catch Fire has a hue angle of 15°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff6633 is made of 0% cyan, 60% magenta, 80% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff6633
RGB Decimal rgb(255,102,51)
RGB Percentage 63%, 25%, 13%
CMYK 0, 60, 80, 0
HSL hsl(15,100%,60%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15,80%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.5091,55.8302,56.5574)
XYZ xyz(46.5889,31.0018,6.6604)
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