Information about #CD6E42 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated warm orange, #CD6E42 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Terracota (#CB6843). Slightly further away sit Mischief (#CB6946) and Apricot Orange (#C96B3C).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(205, 110, 66)), which gives #CD6E42 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 5.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CD6E42 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#CD6E42 color variations
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#CD6E42 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#CD6E42 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#CD6E42 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#CD6E42 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#CD6E42 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 #CD6E42 color
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Nearest named colors to #CD6E42
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#CB6843
#CB6946
#C96B3C
#CB6F4A
#CA6641
#C6723B
#CF6548
#C16E3F
#CB6D51
#D86C37
#BE6A3F
#BF6C4A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#CD6E42
- RGB205, 110, 66
- CMYK0, 37, 55, 20
- CSSrgb(205, 110, 66)
- HSL19°, 58%, 53%
- HSL Precise18.993°, 58.159%, 53.137%
- HSV19°, 68%, 80%
- HSB19°, 68%, 80%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.804
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
- GLSLvec3(0.804, 0.431, 0.259)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.804, 0.431, 0.259, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.804, 0.431, 0.259)
- Percentage of Red in RGB80.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDCD6E42
- DECIMAL ID13463106
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
