Information about #472823 color

#472823 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#472823 falls into the Red Color Family — Mild Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(71, 40, 35) — 27.8% red, 15.7% green, 13.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 14 / 72. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #472823 reads as a softly balanced red and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Digeridoo (#452924). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Hinau (#482A25) and Morocco Brown (#442D21).

In RGB terms — rgb(71, 40, 35) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #472823: 13.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:72) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #472823 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#472823 color variations

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

#472823 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 #472823

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

Digeridoo color link
Digeridoo

#452924

Hinau color link
Hinau

#482A25

Rialto color link
Rialto

#4C2322

Contraband color link
Contraband

#462429

Brown Coffee color link
Brown Coffee

#4A2C2A

Courage color link
Courage

#4B252A

Volcano color link
Volcano

#4E2728

Nelson Red color link
Nelson Red

#4F2525

Sofisticata color link
Sofisticata

#4E2D21

Fake Purple color link
Fake Purple

#43242A

Dark Crimson color link
Dark Crimson

#402327

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#472823
  • RGB71, 40, 35
  • CMYK0, 12, 14, 72
  • CSSrgb(71, 40, 35)
  • HSL8°, 34%, 21%
  • HSL Precise8.333°, 33.962%, 20.784%
  • HSV8°, 51%, 28%
  • HSB8°, 51%, 28%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.137
  • GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.157, 0.137)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.157, 0.137, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.157, 0.137)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.7%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID472823
  • DECIMAL ID4663331
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01