Information about #74240E color

#74240E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#74240E falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(116, 36, 14) — 45.5% red, 14.1% green, 5.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 31 / 40 / 55. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #74240E reads as a strongly colored earthy 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 near neighbor of Warm Chocolate (#6E2A05). Slightly further away sit Reddish Brown (#7F2B0A) and Kenyan Copper (#7C1C05).

In RGB terms — rgb(116, 36, 14) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 10.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #74240E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#74240E color variations

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

#74240E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#E55932

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#EE9076

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#F6C7BA

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White

#FFFFFF

#74240E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#5A1C0B

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#441508

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#2D0E05

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#160702

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Black

#000000

#74240E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#7C311C

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#83412F

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#855346

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#846860

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Grey

#808080

#74240E 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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#6F710E

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#714B0E

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#710E20

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#710E48

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#710E6F

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#74240E 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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#0E5C71
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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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#0E2A71
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#0E7155
#0E7155

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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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#710E2A
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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
#74240E
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#0E7124
#0E7124

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#240E71
#240E71

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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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#5C710E
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#0E5C71
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#240E71
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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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#2A710E
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#0E5C71
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#550E71
#550E71

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Nearest named colors to #74240E

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

Warm Chocolate color link
Warm Chocolate

#6E2A05

Reddish Brown color link
Reddish Brown

#7F2B0A

Kenyan Copper color link
Kenyan Copper

#7C1C05

Smokey Topaz color link
Smokey Topaz

#832A0D

Persian Plum color link
Persian Plum

#701C1C

Cedar Wood Finish color link
Cedar Wood Finish

#711A00

Crown Of Thorns color link
Crown Of Thorns

#771F1F

Heatwave color link
Heatwave

#6E2620

Falu Red color link
Falu Red

#801818

Hot N Spicy color link
Hot N Spicy

#6B2320

UP Maroon color link
UP Maroon

#7B1113

Fedefu Red color link
Fedefu Red

#7C1319

#74240E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#74240E
  • RGB116, 36, 14
  • CMYK0, 31, 40, 55
  • CSSrgb(116, 36, 14)
  • HSL13°, 78%, 25%
  • HSL Precise12.941°, 78.462%, 25.49%
  • HSV13°, 88%, 45%
  • HSB13°, 88%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.141
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.141, 0.055)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.141, 0.055, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.141, 0.055)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB14.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.5%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID74240E
  • DECIMAL ID7611406
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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