Information about #A21A42 color

#A21A42 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A21A42 falls into the Rose Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(162, 26, 66) — 63.5% red, 10.2% green, 25.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 53 / 38 / 36. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A energetic, saturated romantic rose, #A21A42 holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Deep Carmine (#A9203E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are French Wine (#AC1E44) and Big Dip O’ruby (#9C2542).

In RGB terms — rgb(162, 26, 66) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #A21A42: 7.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A21A42 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A21A42 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A21A42 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A21A42 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#A21A42 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#A21A42 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#A21A42 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
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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
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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
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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
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#43A21A
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#1A43A2
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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#87A21A
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#361AA2
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Nearest named colors to #A21A42

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

Deep Carmine color link
Deep Carmine

#A9203E

French Wine color link
French Wine

#AC1E44

Big Dip O’ruby color link
Big Dip O’ruby

#9C2542

Candy Floss color link
Candy Floss

#9F263D

Vivid Burgundy color link
Vivid Burgundy

#9F1D35

AZ Cardinals Red color link
AZ Cardinals Red

#97233F

MIT Red color link
MIT Red

#A31F34

Rouge color link
Rouge

#AB1239

Cool Red color link
Cool Red

#A80B44

Berry color link
Berry

#990F4B

Royal Red color link
Royal Red

#9B1C31

Falcons Red color link
Falcons Red

#A71930

#A21A42 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A21A42
  • RGB162, 26, 66
  • CMYK0, 53, 38, 36
  • CSSrgb(162, 26, 66)
  • HSL342°, 72%, 37%
  • HSL Precise342.353°, 72.34%, 36.863%
  • HSV342°, 84%, 64%
  • HSB342°, 84%, 64%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.635
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.102
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.635, 0.102, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.635, 0.102, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.635, 0.102, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB63.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB10.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA21A42
  • DECIMAL ID10623554
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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