Information about #972123 color

#972123 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#972123 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(151, 33, 35) — 59.2% red, 12.9% green, 13.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 46 / 45 / 41. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#972123 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 Vivid Auburn (#922724). Slightly further away sit True Red (#8F1D21) and Red Birch (#9D2B22).

In RGB terms — rgb(151, 33, 35) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #972123 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#972123 color variations

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

#972123 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 #972123

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

Vivid Auburn color link
Vivid Auburn

#922724

True Red color link
True Red

#8F1D21

Red Birch color link
Red Birch

#9D2B22

Scarlet Sage color link
Scarlet Sage

#9D202F

Royal Red color link
Royal Red

#9B1C31

Countdown color link
Countdown

#922F1D

Rosy Red color link
Rosy Red

#A11A2E

Rambutan Red color link
Rambutan Red

#A72127

Cracker color link
Cracker

#963128

Pulse color link
Pulse

#A41D19

Ruby Red color link
Ruby Red

#9B111E

Chaos color link
Chaos

#922A31

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#972123
  • RGB151, 33, 35
  • CMYK0, 46, 45, 41
  • CSSrgb(151, 33, 35)
  • HSL359°, 64%, 36%
  • HSL Precise358.983°, 64.13%, 36.078%
  • HSV359°, 78%, 59%
  • HSB359°, 78%, 59%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.137
  • GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.129, 0.137)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.129, 0.137, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.129, 0.137)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB12.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.7%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID972123
  • DECIMAL ID9904419
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01