Information about #42152C color
Basic facts about this digital color
#42152C presents itself as a clearly saturated romantic rose — one that stays on the darker end of the scale. It is a natural fit for moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Blackberry (#43182F). Slightly further away sit Ravishing (#401A22) and Red Earth (#462028).
In RGB terms — rgb(66, 21, 44) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 15.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.4:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:74) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42152C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#42152C color variations
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#42152C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#42152C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42152C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42152C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#42152C 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 #42152C color
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Nearest named colors to #42152C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#43182F
#401A22
#462028
#3C202C
#3C1421
#3E2025
#4D1B25
#3C2126
#402327
#43242A
#381921
#4D202E
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42152C
- RGB66, 21, 44
- CMYK0, 18, 9, 74
- CSSrgb(66, 21, 44)
- HSL329°, 52%, 17%
- HSL Precise329.333°, 51.724%, 17.059%
- HSV329°, 68%, 26%
- HSB329°, 68%, 26%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.082
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.082, 0.173)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.082, 0.173, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.082, 0.173)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB8.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID42152C
- DECIMAL ID4330796
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers20 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
