Information about #953E52 color

#953E52 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#953E52 falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(149, 62, 82) — 58.4% red, 24.3% green, 32.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 34 / 26 / 42. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #953E52 reads as a clearly saturated earthy red and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Erotic (#94414C). Slightly further away sit Plum Purple (#8F4155) and Quinacridone Magenta (#8E3A59).

In RGB terms — rgb(149, 62, 82) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #953E52: 6.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#953E52 color variations

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

#953E52 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 #953E52

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

Erotic color link
Erotic

#94414C

Plum Purple color link
Plum Purple

#8F4155

Night Shadz color link
Night Shadz

#A23D54

Ameile color link
Ameile

#904947

Smoky Topaz color link
Smoky Topaz

#933D41

Light Maroon color link
Light Maroon

#A24857

Bordello color link
Bordello

#974462

Cordovan color link
Cordovan

#893F45

La Bamba color link
La Bamba

#A43F48

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#953E52
  • RGB149, 62, 82
  • CMYK0, 34, 26, 42
  • CSSrgb(149, 62, 82)
  • HSL346°, 41%, 41%
  • HSL Precise346.207°, 41.232%, 41.373%
  • HSV346°, 58%, 58%
  • HSB346°, 58%, 58%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.243
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • GLSLvec3(0.584, 0.243, 0.322)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.584, 0.243, 0.322, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.584, 0.243, 0.322)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB24.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB32.2%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID953E52
  • DECIMAL ID9780818
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01