Information about #AA203E color

#AA203E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AA203E falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(170, 32, 62) — 66.7% red, 12.5% green, 24.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 81 / 64 / 33. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#AA203E presents itself as a vivid, lively warm red — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Deep Carmine (#A9203E). Slightly further away sit French Wine (#AC1E44) and StitchCraft (#B02A3E).

The recipe behind #AA203E is rgb(170, 32, 62), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #AA203E: 7.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 3.0:1 for black. No one has named #AA203E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#AA203E color variations

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

#AA203E 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 #AA203E

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

StitchCraft color link
StitchCraft

#B02A3E

MIT Red color link
MIT Red

#A31F34

Glitterbug color link
Glitterbug

#A92A37

Candy Floss color link
Candy Floss

#9F263D

American Red color link
American Red

#B32134

Rouge color link
Rouge

#AB1239

Crash Hot color link
Crash Hot

#AF2E40

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AA203E
  • RGB170, 32, 62
  • CMYK0, 81, 64, 33
  • CSSrgb(170, 32, 62)
  • HSL347°, 68%, 40%
  • HSL Precise346.957°, 68.317%, 39.608%
  • HSV347°, 81%, 67%
  • HSB347°, 81%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.243
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.125, 0.243)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.125, 0.243, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.125, 0.243)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB12.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB24.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDAA203E
  • DECIMAL ID11149374
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01