Information about #850523 color

#850523 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #850523 is classified in the Register under the Red Color Family, with Full Saturation and Neutral brightness. In numbers: rgb(133, 5, 35) (52.2% red, 2% green, 13.7% blue), or CMYK 0 / 50 / 38 / 48 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#850523 is a pure, full-strength warm red that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Code Red (#880025). Slightly further away sit Burgundy (#800020) and Bordeaux (#7B002C).

The recipe behind #850523 is rgb(133, 5, 35), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 10.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #850523 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#850523 color variations

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

#850523 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 #850523

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#850523
  • RGB133, 5, 35
  • CMYK0, 50, 38, 48
  • CSSrgb(133, 5, 35)
  • HSL346°, 93%, 27%
  • HSL Precise345.938°, 92.754%, 27.059%
  • HSV346°, 96%, 52%
  • HSB346°, 96%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.137
  • GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.020, 0.137)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.020, 0.137, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.020, 0.137)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.7%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID850523
  • DECIMAL ID8717603
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01