Information about #872F2C color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #872F2C reads as a pleasantly vivid warm red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Erica (#81332D). Slightly further away sit Flame Red (#86282E) and Vixen (#81342B).
The recipe behind #872F2C is rgb(135, 47, 44), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #872F2C: 8.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for black. No one has named #872F2C so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#872F2C color variations
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#872F2C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#872F2C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#872F2C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#872F2C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#872F2C 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 #872F2C color
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Nearest named colors to #872F2C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#81332D
#86282E
#81342B
#883531
#7F2F2A
#813125
#8A3324
#87382F
#7F352E
#853534
#8A3335
#842833
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#872F2C
- RGB135, 47, 44
- CMYK0, 35, 36, 47
- CSSrgb(135, 47, 44)
- HSL2°, 51%, 35%
- HSL Precise1.978°, 50.838%, 35.098%
- HSV2°, 67%, 53%
- HSB2°, 67%, 53%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.184
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
- GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.184, 0.173)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.184, 0.173, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.184, 0.173)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB18.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID872F2C
- DECIMAL ID8859436
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers25 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
