Information about #C92C2C color

#C92C2C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C92C2C falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(201, 44, 44) — 78.8% red, 17.3% green, 17.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 62 / 62 / 21. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #C92C2C reads as a vivid, lively warm red and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Elipsis Initiative (#C42828). Slightly further away sit Pure Crimson (#C3272B) and Lithuania Red (#C1272D).

The recipe behind #C92C2C is rgb(201, 44, 44), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.9:1. #C92C2C has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#C92C2C color variations

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

#C92C2C 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 #C92C2C

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C92C2C
  • RGB201, 44, 44
  • CMYK0, 62, 62, 21
  • CSSrgb(201, 44, 44)
  • HSL0°, 64%, 48%
  • HSL Precise0°, 64.082%, 48.039%
  • HSV0°, 78%, 79%
  • HSB0°, 78%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.173, 0.173)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.173, 0.173, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.173, 0.173)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC92C2C
  • DECIMAL ID13184044
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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