Information about #AD401F color

#AD401F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #AD401F belongs to the Red Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(173, 64, 31) (67.8% red, 25.1% green, 12.2% blue), or CMYK 0 / 43 / 56 / 32 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#AD401F presents itself as a strongly colored earthy red — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Ayers Rock (#AE451D). Slightly further away sit Chinese Brown (#AB381F) and Chinese Red (#AA381E).

In RGB terms — rgb(173, 64, 31) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #AD401F: 5.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#AD401F color variations

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

#AD401F color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AD401F color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AD401F color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AD401F 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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#AD401F 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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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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#871FAD
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Nearest named colors to #AD401F

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

Ayers Rock color link
Ayers Rock

#AE451D

Chinese Brown color link
Chinese Brown

#AB381F

Chinese Red color link
Chinese Red

#AA381E

Metallic Brown color link
Metallic Brown

#AC4313

Cattail color link
Cattail

#B64925

Rustic Coral color link
Rustic Coral

#AE3415

Vindaloo color link
Vindaloo

#A74F20

Brick color link
Brick

#A03623

Blaze color link
Blaze

#BE4123

Brownish Red color link
Brownish Red

#9E3623

Kamikaze color link
Kamikaze

#A43F30

Rust color link
Rust

#B7410E

#AD401F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#AD401F color image #AD401F color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD401F
  • RGB173, 64, 31
  • CMYK0, 43, 56, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 64, 31)
  • HSL14°, 70%, 40%
  • HSL Precise13.944°, 69.608%, 40%
  • HSV14°, 82%, 68%
  • HSB14°, 82%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.122
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.251, 0.122)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.251, 0.122, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.251, 0.122)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB25.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.2%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAD401F
  • DECIMAL ID11354143
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers35 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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