Information about #8C323A color

#8C323A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#8C323A falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(140, 50, 58) — 54.9% red, 19.6% green, 22.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 35 / 32 / 45. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #8C323A reads as a pleasantly vivid red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Well Read (#8E3537). Slightly further away sit Old Brick (#8A3335) and Pirate (#902F37).

In RGB terms — rgb(140, 50, 58) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.6:1. #8C323A has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#8C323A color variations

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#8C323A 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 #8C323A

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

Well Read color link
Well Read

#8E3537

Old Brick color link
Old Brick

#8A3335

Pirate color link
Pirate

#902F37

Xotic color link
Xotic

#863336

Tall Poppy color link
Tall Poppy

#853534

Totem Pole color link
Totem Pole

#883531

AErchivist color link
AErchivist

#933232

Solid Pink color link
Solid Pink

#893843

Flash Point color link
Flash Point

#932C31

Thunderbird color link
Thunderbird

#923830

Prairie Sand color link
Prairie Sand

#883C32

#8C323A color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8C323A
  • RGB140, 50, 58
  • CMYK0, 35, 32, 45
  • HSL355°, 47%, 37%
  • HSL Precise354.667°, 47.368%, 37.255%
  • HSV355°, 64%, 55%
  • HSB355°, 64%, 55%
  • HEX ID8C323A
  • DECIMAL ID9187898
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Red
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • Percentage of Red in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB19.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB22.7%
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