Information about #C51165 color

#C51165 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C51165 falls into the Rose Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(197, 17, 101) — 77.3% red, 6.7% green, 39.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 71 / 38 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#C51165 is a strongly colored romantic rose that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Burnt Pink (#C12267). Slightly further away sit Scrumptious (#B71D62) and Medium Violet Red (#CA226B).

In RGB terms — rgb(197, 17, 101) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #C51165: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#C51165 color variations

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

#C51165 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 #C51165

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

Burnt Pink color link
Burnt Pink

#C12267

Scrumptious color link
Scrumptious

#B71D62

Dogwood Rose color link
Dogwood Rose

#D71868

Rose Red color link
Rose Red

#C21E56

Rogue Pink color link
Rogue Pink

#C12869

ULB pink color link
ULB pink

#D91175

Rubine Red color link
Rubine Red

#D10056

Debian Red color link
Debian Red

#D70A53

Ruby color link
Ruby

#E0115F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C51165
  • RGB197, 17, 101
  • CMYK0, 71, 38, 23
  • CSSrgb(197, 17, 101)
  • HSL332°, 84%, 42%
  • HSL Precise332°, 84.112%, 41.961%
  • HSV332°, 91%, 77%
  • HSB332°, 91%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.067
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • GLSLvec3(0.773, 0.067, 0.396)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.773, 0.067, 0.396, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.773, 0.067, 0.396)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB6.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB39.6%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC51165
  • DECIMAL ID12915045
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01