Information about #A72037 color

#A72037 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A72037 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(167, 32, 55) — 65.5% red, 12.5% green, 21.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 53 / 44 / 35. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #A72037 reads as a strongly colored warm red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from MIT Red (#A31F34). Slightly further away sit Deep Carmine (#A9203E) and Vivid Burgundy (#9F1D35).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(167, 32, 55)), which gives #A72037 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 7.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A72037 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A72037 color variations

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

#A72037 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A72037 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#A72037 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#A72037 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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#A72037 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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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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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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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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Nearest named colors to #A72037

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

MIT Red color link
MIT Red

#A31F34

Deep Carmine color link
Deep Carmine

#A9203E

Vivid Burgundy color link
Vivid Burgundy

#9F1D35

Falcons Red color link
Falcons Red

#A71930

Glitterbug color link
Glitterbug

#A92A37

Srinivasan Crimson color link
Srinivasan Crimson

#A3252F

Old Glory Red color link
Old Glory Red

#B22234

Candy Floss color link
Candy Floss

#9F263D

Rosy Red color link
Rosy Red

#A11A2E

American Red color link
American Red

#B32134

Scarlet Sage color link
Scarlet Sage

#9D202F

Royal Red color link
Royal Red

#9B1C31

#A72037 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A72037
  • RGB167, 32, 55
  • CMYK0, 53, 44, 35
  • CSSrgb(167, 32, 55)
  • HSL350°, 68%, 39%
  • HSL Precise349.778°, 67.839%, 39.02%
  • HSV350°, 81%, 65%
  • HSB350°, 81%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.655
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.216
  • GLSLvec3(0.655, 0.125, 0.216)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.655, 0.125, 0.216, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.655, 0.125, 0.216)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB12.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB21.6%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA72037
  • DECIMAL ID10952759
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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