Information about #D6551E color

#D6551E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#D6551E falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(214, 85, 30) — 83.9% red, 33.3% green, 11.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 51 / 72 / 16. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#D6551E is a strongly colored amber-leaning orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Flame (#E25822). Slightly further away sit Vivid Red Tangelo (#DF6124) and Vivid Vermilion (#E56024).

In RGB terms — rgb(214, 85, 30) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #D6551E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#D6551E color variations

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

#D6551E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#D6551E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#D6551E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#D6551E 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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#D6551E 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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#561FD6
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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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Nearest named colors to #D6551E

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

Flame color link
Flame

#E25822

Vivid Red Tangelo color link
Vivid Red Tangelo

#DF6124

Vivid Vermilion color link
Vivid Vermilion

#E56024

Chocolate color link
Chocolate

#D2691E

Red Fox color link
Red Fox

#C35817

The Great Canadian Orange color link
The Great Canadian Orange

#C64723

Cinnabar color link
Cinnabar

#E44D2E

Rusty Orange color link
Rusty Orange

#CD5909

Rouxous color link
Rouxous

#EE5322

Papaya Orange color link
Papaya Orange

#E56717

Chilean Fire color link
Chilean Fire

#D05E34

Metallic Orange color link
Metallic Orange

#DA680F

#D6551E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#D6551E
  • RGB214, 85, 30
  • CMYK0, 51, 72, 16
  • CSSrgb(214, 85, 30)
  • HSL18°, 75%, 48%
  • HSL Precise17.935°, 75.41%, 47.843%
  • HSV18°, 86%, 84%
  • HSB18°, 86%, 84%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.839
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.118
  • GLSLvec3(0.839, 0.333, 0.118)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.839, 0.333, 0.118, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.839, 0.333, 0.118)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB83.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDD6551E
  • DECIMAL ID14046494
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited3 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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