Information about #A52740 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A52740 reads as a energetic, saturated earthy red and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Candy Floss (#9F263D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Deep Carmine (#A9203E) and Big Dip O’ruby (#9C2542).
In RGB terms — rgb(165, 39, 64) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #A52740: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 3.0:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A52740 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A52740 color variations
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#A52740 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A52740 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A52740 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A52740 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A52740 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A52740 color
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Nearest named colors to #A52740
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9F263D
#A9203E
#9C2542
#A92A37
#B02A3E
#9F2C37
#AC1E44
#AE2F3E
#AF2E40
#AC3142
#A5333C
#A31F34
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A52740
- RGB165, 39, 64
- CMYK0, 49, 40, 35
- CSSrgb(165, 39, 64)
- HSL348°, 62%, 40%
- HSL Precise348.095°, 61.765%, 40%
- HSV348°, 76%, 65%
- HSB348°, 76%, 65%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.647
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.153
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
- GLSLvec3(0.647, 0.153, 0.251)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.647, 0.153, 0.251, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.647, 0.153, 0.251)
- Percentage of Red in RGB64.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB15.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDA52740
- DECIMAL ID10823488
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
