Information about #70171C color

#70171C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#70171C falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(112, 23, 28) — 43.9% red, 9% green, 11% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 35 / 33 / 56. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #70171C reads as a strongly colored warm red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Persian Plum (#701C1C). Slightly further away sit Crown Of Thorns (#771F1F) and Livewire (#6D1C27).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(112, 23, 28)), which gives #70171C its character. On this background, white text reaches a 11.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #70171C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#70171C color variations

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

#70171C 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 #70171C

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

Persian Plum color link
Persian Plum

#701C1C

Livewire color link
Livewire

#6D1C27

Jalapeno color link
Jalapeno

#701C28

Fedefu Red color link
Fedefu Red

#7C1319

Hot N Spicy color link
Hot N Spicy

#6B2320

Red Berry color link
Red Berry

#701F28

UP Maroon color link
UP Maroon

#7B1113

Heatwave color link
Heatwave

#6E2620

Pohutukawa color link
Pohutukawa

#651C26

Pomegranate color link
Pomegranate

#660C21

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#70171C
  • RGB112, 23, 28
  • CMYK0, 35, 33, 56
  • CSSrgb(112, 23, 28)
  • HSL357°, 66%, 26%
  • HSL Precise356.629°, 65.926%, 26.471%
  • HSV357°, 79%, 44%
  • HSB357°, 79%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.439
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • GLSLvec3(0.439, 0.090, 0.110)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.439, 0.090, 0.110, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.439, 0.090, 0.110)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB43.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID70171C
  • DECIMAL ID7345948
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01