Information about #9C2628 color

#9C2628 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9C2628 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(156, 38, 40) — 61.2% red, 14.9% green, 15.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 46 / 45 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#9C2628 is a strongly colored warm 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 Red Birch (#9D2B22). Slightly further away sit Scarlet Sage (#9D202F) and Srinivasan Crimson (#A3252F).

The recipe behind #9C2628 is rgb(156, 38, 40), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #9C2628 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#9C2628 color variations

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

#9C2628 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 #9C2628

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

Red Birch color link
Red Birch

#9D2B22

Scarlet Sage color link
Scarlet Sage

#9D202F

Auburn color link
Auburn

#A52A2A

Vivid Auburn color link
Vivid Auburn

#922724

Metallic Red color link
Metallic Red

#A62C2B

Rambutan Red color link
Rambutan Red

#A72127

Cracker color link
Cracker

#963128

Red Hot color link
Red Hot

#952B32

Bonfire color link
Bonfire

#A62A20

Royal Red color link
Royal Red

#9B1C31

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9C2628
  • RGB156, 38, 40
  • CMYK0, 46, 45, 39
  • CSSrgb(156, 38, 40)
  • HSL359°, 61%, 38%
  • HSL Precise358.983°, 60.825%, 38.039%
  • HSV359°, 76%, 61%
  • HSB359°, 76%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.149
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • GLSLvec3(0.612, 0.149, 0.157)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.612, 0.149, 0.157, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.612, 0.149, 0.157)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB61.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB14.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB15.7%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID9C2628
  • DECIMAL ID10233384
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01