Information about #873B49 color

#873B49 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#873B49 falls into the Red Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(135, 59, 73) — 52.9% red, 23.1% green, 28.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 30 / 24 / 47. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #873B49 reads as a softly balanced red and holds a balanced mid-tone. 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 a hair away from Cordovan (#893F45). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Solid Pink (#893843) and Zinger (#873D42).

In RGB terms — rgb(135, 59, 73) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #873B49: 7.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #873B49 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#873B49 color variations

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

#873B49 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#873B49 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#873B49 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#873B49 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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#873B49 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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#3B8779
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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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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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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
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#49873B
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#3B4987
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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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#87793B
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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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Nearest named colors to #873B49

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

Cordovan color link
Cordovan

#893F45

Solid Pink color link
Solid Pink

#893843

Zinger color link
Zinger

#873D42

Camelot color link
Camelot

#803A4B

Cha color link
Cha

#8C3F42

Velvet Maroon color link
Velvet Maroon

#7E354D

Brandy color link
Brandy

#87413F

Stiletto color link
Stiletto

#833D3E

Orbit color link
Orbit

#874748

American Brown color link
American Brown

#804040

Smoky Topaz color link
Smoky Topaz

#933D41

Erotic color link
Erotic

#94414C

#873B49 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#873B49
  • RGB135, 59, 73
  • CMYK0, 30, 24, 47
  • CSSrgb(135, 59, 73)
  • HSL349°, 39%, 38%
  • HSL Precise348.947°, 39.175%, 38.039%
  • HSV349°, 56%, 53%
  • HSB349°, 56%, 53%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.231
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • GLSLvec3(0.529, 0.231, 0.286)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.529, 0.231, 0.286, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.529, 0.231, 0.286)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB23.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID873B49
  • DECIMAL ID8862537
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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