Information about #AC0029 color

#AC0029 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AC0029 falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(172, 0, 41) — 67.5% red, 0% green, 16.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 67 / 51 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#AC0029 is a pure, full-strength earthy 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 Alabama Crimson (#AF002A). Slightly further away sit Strong Crimson (#A8002A) and Smashing (#AD0020).

The recipe behind #AC0029 is rgb(172, 0, 41), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AC0029 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AC0029 color variations

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

#AC0029 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 #AC0029

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AC0029
  • RGB172, 0, 41
  • CMYK0, 67, 51, 33
  • CSSrgb(172, 0, 41)
  • HSL346°, 100%, 34%
  • HSL Precise345.698°, 100%, 33.725%
  • HSV346°, 100%, 67%
  • HSB346°, 100%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.161
  • GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.000, 0.161)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.000, 0.161, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.000, 0.161)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB16.1%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDAC0029
  • DECIMAL ID11272233
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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