Information about #83222C color

#83222C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#83222C falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(131, 34, 44) — 51.4% red, 13.3% green, 17.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 74 / 66 / 49. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#83222C 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 Bullseye (#7D222B). Slightly further away sit Flame Red (#86282E) and Scarlett (#7E2530).

In RGB terms — rgb(131, 34, 44) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #83222C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#83222C color variations

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

#83222C 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 #83222C

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

Bullseye color link
Bullseye

#7D222B

Flame Red color link
Flame Red

#86282E

Scarlett color link
Scarlett

#7E2530

Antique Ruby color link
Antique Ruby

#841B2D

Fast Lane color link
Fast Lane

#892431

Shiraz color link
Shiraz

#842833

I C Red color link
I C Red

#7A2031

Rosehip color link
Rosehip

#842139

Raging Bull color link
Raging Bull

#7F2F2A

Lollipop color link
Lollipop

#7F2838

Claret color link
Claret

#7F1734

Sappanwood color link
Sappanwood

#7E2639

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#83222C
  • RGB131, 34, 44
  • CMYK0, 74, 66, 49
  • CSSrgb(131, 34, 44)
  • HSL354°, 59%, 32%
  • HSL Precise353.814°, 58.788%, 32.353%
  • HSV354°, 74%, 51%
  • HSB354°, 74%, 51%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.514
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.133
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • GLSLvec3(0.514, 0.133, 0.173)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.514, 0.133, 0.173, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.514, 0.133, 0.173)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB51.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB13.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID83222C
  • DECIMAL ID8593964
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01