Information about #742C16 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #742C16 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 very close to Heatwave (#6E2620). Slightly further away sit Cypress Bark (#752E23) and Crown Of Thorns (#771F1F).
The recipe behind #742C16 is rgb(116, 44, 22), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 9.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #742C16 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#742C16 color variations
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#742C16 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#742C16 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#742C16 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#742C16 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#742C16 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 #742C16 color
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Nearest named colors to #742C16
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#6E2620
#752E23
#771F1F
#6E2C25
#6B2320
#7F2B0A
#733D1A
#701C1C
#832A0D
#6E2A05
#6E3326
#6F3028
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#742C16
- RGB116, 44, 22
- CMYK0, 28, 37, 55
- CSSrgb(116, 44, 22)
- HSL14°, 68%, 27%
- HSL Precise14.043°, 68.116%, 27.059%
- HSV14°, 81%, 45%
- HSB14°, 81%, 45%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.173
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.086
- GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.173, 0.086)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.173, 0.086, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.173, 0.086)
- Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB17.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB8.6%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID742C16
- DECIMAL ID7613462
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
