Information about #A82342 color

#A82342 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A82342 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(168, 35, 66) — 65.9% red, 13.7% green, 25.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 52 / 40 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A82342 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 Deep Carmine (#A9203E). Slightly further away sit French Wine (#AC1E44) and Candy Floss (#9F263D).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(168, 35, 66)), which gives #A82342 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 7.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A82342 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A82342 color variations

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

#A82342 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 #A82342

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

Deep Carmine color link
Deep Carmine

#A9203E

French Wine color link
French Wine

#AC1E44

Candy Floss color link
Candy Floss

#9F263D

StitchCraft color link
StitchCraft

#B02A3E

Glitterbug color link
Glitterbug

#A92A37

Crash Hot color link
Crash Hot

#AF2E40

Bombshell color link
Bombshell

#AE2F3E

Vibe color link
Vibe

#AC3142

MIT Red color link
MIT Red

#A31F34

Roadster color link
Roadster

#9F2C37

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A82342
  • RGB168, 35, 66
  • CMYK0, 52, 40, 34
  • CSSrgb(168, 35, 66)
  • HSL346°, 66%, 40%
  • HSL Precise346.015°, 65.517%, 39.804%
  • HSV346°, 79%, 66%
  • HSB346°, 79%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.137
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.137, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.137, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.137, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB13.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA82342
  • DECIMAL ID11019074
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers31 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01