Information about #7E2222 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#7E2222 is a clearly saturated earthy red that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Crown Of Thorns (#771F1F). Slightly further away sit Bullseye (#7D222B) and Falu Red (#801818).
In RGB terms — rgb(126, 34, 34) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #7E2222 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#7E2222 color variations
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#7E2222 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#7E2222 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#7E2222 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#7E2222 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#7E2222 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #7E2222 color
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Nearest named colors to #7E2222
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#771F1F
#7D222B
#801818
#7E2530
#841B2D
#752E23
#7F2F2A
#701F28
#813125
#86282E
#7A2031
#701C1C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#7E2222
- RGB126, 34, 34
- CMYK0, 36, 36, 51
- CSSrgb(126, 34, 34)
- HSL0°, 58%, 31%
- HSL Precise0°, 57.5%, 31.373%
- HSV0°, 73%, 49%
- HSB0°, 73%, 49%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.494
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.133
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.133
- GLSLvec3(0.494, 0.133, 0.133)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.494, 0.133, 0.133, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.494, 0.133, 0.133)
- Percentage of Red in RGB49.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB13.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB13.3%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID7E2222
- DECIMAL ID8266274
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
