Information about #72322C color

#72322C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#72322C falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(114, 50, 44) — 44.7% red, 19.6% green, 17.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 25 / 27 / 55. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#72322C is a clearly saturated earthy red that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Cypress Bark Red (#6F3028). Slightly further away sit Kwila (#6D332A) and Patio Red (#6D3331).

In RGB terms — rgb(114, 50, 44) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #72322C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#72322C color variations

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

#72322C 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 #72322C

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

Kwila color link
Kwila

#6D332A

Patio Red color link
Patio Red

#6D3331

Lusty color link
Lusty

#782E2C

Pueblo color link
Pueblo

#6E3326

Meranti color link
Meranti

#6B342A

Tamarillo color link
Tamarillo

#752B2F

Desperado color link
Desperado

#753929

Warm Kwila color link
Warm Kwila

#753A2A

Garnet color link
Garnet

#733635

Kakaramea color link
Kakaramea

#6E2C25

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#72322C
  • RGB114, 50, 44
  • CMYK0, 25, 27, 55
  • CSSrgb(114, 50, 44)
  • HSL5°, 44%, 31%
  • HSL Precise5.143°, 44.304%, 30.98%
  • HSV5°, 61%, 45%
  • HSB5°, 61%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.447
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.196
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • GLSLvec3(0.447, 0.196, 0.173)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.447, 0.196, 0.173, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.447, 0.196, 0.173)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB44.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB19.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID72322C
  • DECIMAL ID7483948
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01