Information about #AD321E color

#AD321E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AD321E falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 50, 30) — 67.8% red, 19.6% green, 11.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 48 / 56 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AD321E reads as a vivid, lively warm red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Chinese Brown (#AB381F). Slightly further away sit Chinese Red (#AA381E) and Rustic Coral (#AE3415).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(173, 50, 30)), which gives #AD321E its character. On this background, white text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.3:1. #AD321E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AD321E color variations

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

#AD321E 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 #AD321E

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

Chinese Red color link
Chinese Red

#AA381E

Rustic Coral color link
Rustic Coral

#AE3415

Bonfire color link
Bonfire

#A62A20

Brick color link
Brick

#A03623

Metallic Red color link
Metallic Red

#A62C2B

Brownish Red color link
Brownish Red

#9E3623

Auburn color link
Auburn

#A52A2A

Firebrick color link
Firebrick

#B22222

Red Birch color link
Red Birch

#9D2B22

Vintage Red color link
Vintage Red

#AF2413

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD321E
  • RGB173, 50, 30
  • CMYK0, 48, 56, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 50, 30)
  • HSL8°, 70%, 40%
  • HSL Precise8.392°, 70.443%, 39.804%
  • HSV8°, 83%, 68%
  • HSB8°, 83%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.196
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.118
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.196, 0.118)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.196, 0.118, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.196, 0.118)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB19.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.8%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDAD321E
  • DECIMAL ID11350558
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01