Persian Red Color – #cc3333: Codes and Complete Breakdown

Henry Hobson Richardson insisted on a Persian red ground for John La Farge’s murals inside Trinity Church in Boston. Persian Red color code #cc3333 is Wikipedia’s value, a warm brick-scarlet tied to an iron-rich earth pigment from the Persian Gulf. The name first turned up in English in 1895.

Persian Red Color Shades

Complementary colors

1. #CC3333

2. #33CCCC

Triadic colors

1. #CC3333

2. #33CC33

3. #3333CC

Tints or lighter colors

1. #D65C5C

2. #E08585

3. #EBADAD

4. #F5D6D6

Darker colors

1. #A32929

2. #7A1F1F

3. #521414

4. #290A0A

Analogous colors

1. #CC33CC

2. #CC3380

3. #CC3333

4. #CC8033

5. #CCCC33

Monochromatic colors

1. #9C1616

2. #C32222

3. #D74242

4. #DB7070

5. #E29C9C