Information about #AD3E28 color

#AD3E28 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AD3E28 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 62, 40) — 67.8% red, 24.3% green, 15.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 44 / 52 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #AD3E28 reads as a energetic, saturated earthy red and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Chinese Brown (#AB381F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Chinese Red (#AA381E) and Kamikaze (#A43F30).

In RGB terms — rgb(173, 62, 40) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #AD3E28: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AD3E28 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AD3E28 color variations

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

#AD3E28 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AD3E28 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AD3E28 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AD3E28 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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#AD3E28 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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#97AE29
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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 #AD3E28

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

Chinese Brown color link
Chinese Brown

#AB381F

Chinese Red color link
Chinese Red

#AA381E

Kamikaze color link
Kamikaze

#A43F30

Sweet Brown color link
Sweet Brown

#A83731

Ayers Rock color link
Ayers Rock

#AE451D

Medium Carmine color link
Medium Carmine

#AF4035

Cattail color link
Cattail

#B64925

Birch Brown color link
Birch Brown

#B14A30

Brick color link
Brick

#A03623

Whizz Bang color link
Whizz Bang

#A23A34

Luxury Red color link
Luxury Red

#B03737

Brownish Red color link
Brownish Red

#9E3623

#AD3E28 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD3E28
  • RGB173, 62, 40
  • CMYK0, 44, 52, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 62, 40)
  • HSL10°, 62%, 42%
  • HSL Precise9.925°, 62.441%, 41.765%
  • HSV10°, 77%, 68%
  • HSB10°, 77%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.243
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.243, 0.157)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.243, 0.157, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.243, 0.157)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB24.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB15.7%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAD3E28
  • DECIMAL ID11353640
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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