Information about #4E0E21 color

#4E0E21 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4E0E21 falls into the Rose Color Family — High Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(78, 14, 33) — 30.6% red, 5.5% green, 12.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 25 / 18 / 69. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4E0E21 reads as a strongly colored pink-red rose and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Maroon Oak (#520C17). Slightly further away sit Rendezvous (#561426) and Chocolate Cosmos (#58111A).

The recipe behind #4E0E21 is rgb(78, 14, 33), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4E0E21: 14.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:69), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#4E0E21 color variations

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#4E0E21 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #4E0E21

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Maroon Oak color link
Maroon Oak

#520C17

Rendezvous color link
Rendezvous

#561426

Mayhem color link
Mayhem

#4D1B25

JayHawk Red color link
JayHawk Red

#58181F

Castro color link
Castro

#52001F

Encore color link
Encore

#54162C

Speed Demon color link
Speed Demon

#551B24

Red Baron color link
Red Baron

#511D22

Dark Scarlet color link
Dark Scarlet

#560319

Cocoa Bean color link
Cocoa Bean

#481C1C

Heath color link
Heath

#541012

#4E0E21 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4E0E21
  • RGB78, 14, 33
  • CMYK0, 25, 18, 69
  • HSL342°, 70%, 18%
  • HSL Precise342.188°, 69.565%, 18.039%
  • HSV342°, 82%, 31%
  • HSB342°, 82%, 31%
  • HEX ID4E0E21
  • DECIMAL ID5115425
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Rose
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • Percentage of Red in RGB30.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB5.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
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