Information about #A01C21 color

#A01C21 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A01C21 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(160, 28, 33) — 62.7% red, 11% green, 12.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 52 / 50 / 37. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #A01C21 reads as a strongly colored earthy red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pulse (#A41D19). Slightly further away sit Rambutan Red (#A72127) and Ruby Red (#9B111E).

In RGB terms — rgb(160, 28, 33) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A01C21 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A01C21 color variations

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

#A01C21 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A01C21 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#80161A

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#601013

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#400B0D

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#200506

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Black

#000000

#A01C21 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#9D2C30

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#983E41

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#925254

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#896769

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Grey

#808080

#A01C21 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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#A0811C

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#A01C55

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#A01C8A

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#811CA0

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#A01C21 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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#1CA09C
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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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#1C63A0
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#1CA05A
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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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#A01C63
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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
#A01C21
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#21A01C
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#1C21A0
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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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#A09C1C
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#1CA09C
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#1C21A0
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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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#63A01C
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#1CA09C
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#5A1CA0
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Nearest named colors to #A01C21

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

Pulse color link
Pulse

#A41D19

Rambutan Red color link
Rambutan Red

#A72127

Ruby Red color link
Ruby Red

#9B111E

Rosy Red color link
Rosy Red

#A11A2E

Spartan Crimson color link
Spartan Crimson

#9E1316

Scarlet Sage color link
Scarlet Sage

#9D202F

Bonfire color link
Bonfire

#A62A20

Red Birch color link
Red Birch

#9D2B22

Netherlands Red color link
Netherlands Red

#AE1C28

Upsdell Red color link
Upsdell Red

#AE2029

Royal Red color link
Royal Red

#9B1C31

Falcons Red color link
Falcons Red

#A71930

#A01C21 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A01C21
  • RGB160, 28, 33
  • CMYK0, 52, 50, 37
  • CSSrgb(160, 28, 33)
  • HSL358°, 70%, 37%
  • HSL Precise357.727°, 70.213%, 36.863%
  • HSV358°, 83%, 63%
  • HSB358°, 83%, 63%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.627
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • GLSLvec3(0.627, 0.110, 0.129)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.627, 0.110, 0.129, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.627, 0.110, 0.129)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB62.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB11%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA01C21
  • DECIMAL ID10492961
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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