Information about #97171D color

#97171D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#97171D falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(151, 23, 29) — 59.2% red, 9% green, 11.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 50 / 48 / 41. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#97171D is a strongly colored earthy red that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Ruby Red (#9B111E). Slightly further away sit Spartan Crimson (#9E1316) and True Red (#8F1D21).

In RGB terms — rgb(151, 23, 29) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #97171D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#97171D color variations

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

#97171D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#97171D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#97171D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#97171D 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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#97171D 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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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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#175D97
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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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#1D9717
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#171D97
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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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#979017
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#179790
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#171D97
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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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#5D9717
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#501797
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Nearest named colors to #97171D

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

Ruby Red color link
Ruby Red

#9B111E

Spartan Crimson color link
Spartan Crimson

#9E1316

True Red color link
True Red

#8F1D21

Strawberry Jam color link
Strawberry Jam

#8B171A

Pulse color link
Pulse

#A41D19

Vivid Auburn color link
Vivid Auburn

#922724

OU Crimson Red color link
OU Crimson Red

#841617

Rosy Red color link
Rosy Red

#A11A2E

Royal Red color link
Royal Red

#9B1C31

Scarlet Sage color link
Scarlet Sage

#9D202F

Rambutan Red color link
Rambutan Red

#A72127

Tabasco color link
Tabasco

#A02712

#97171D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#97171D
  • RGB151, 23, 29
  • CMYK0, 50, 48, 41
  • CSSrgb(151, 23, 29)
  • HSL357°, 74%, 34%
  • HSL Precise357.188°, 73.563%, 34.118%
  • HSV357°, 85%, 59%
  • HSB357°, 85%, 59%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.114
  • GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.090, 0.114)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.090, 0.114, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.090, 0.114)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.4%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID97171D
  • DECIMAL ID9901853
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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