Information about #882121 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #882121 reads as a strongly colored earthy red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from True Red (#8F1D21). Slightly further away sit Vivid Auburn (#922724) and Strawberry Jam (#8B171A).
In RGB terms — rgb(136, 33, 33) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #882121: 9.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#882121 color variations
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#882121 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#882121 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#882121 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#882121 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#882121 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 #882121 color
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Nearest named colors to #882121
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8F1D21
#922724
#8B171A
#8A2D1C
#841B2D
#7D222B
#86282E
#801818
#841617
#882D17
#892431
#771F1F
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#882121
- RGB136, 33, 33
- CMYK0, 40, 40, 47
- CSSrgb(136, 33, 33)
- HSL0°, 61%, 33%
- HSL Precise0°, 60.947%, 33.137%
- HSV0°, 76%, 53%
- HSB0°, 76%, 53%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.533
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.129
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
- GLSLvec3(0.533, 0.129, 0.129)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.533, 0.129, 0.129, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.533, 0.129, 0.129)
- Percentage of Red in RGB53.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB12.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID882121
- DECIMAL ID8921377
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
