Information about #AD484C color

#AD484C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AD484C falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 72, 76) — 67.8% red, 28.2% green, 29.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 40 / 38 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AD484C reads as a clearly saturated warm red and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Moderate Red (#A84A4A). Slightly further away sit Alter Ego (#AB4C48) and English Red (#AB4B52).

The recipe behind #AD484C is rgb(173, 72, 76), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #AD484C: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#AD484C color variations

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

#AD484C 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 #AD484C

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

Moderate Red color link
Moderate Red

#A84A4A

Alter Ego color link
Alter Ego

#AB4C48

English Red color link
English Red

#AB4B52

Rose Vale color link
Rose Vale

#AB4E52

Aphrodisiac color link
Aphrodisiac

#A64D4E

Dusty Red color link
Dusty Red

#B9484E

Forbidden color link
Forbidden

#B04640

Moulin Rouge color link
Moulin Rouge

#AD463F

La Bamba color link
La Bamba

#A43F48

Alfisol Red color link
Alfisol Red

#AA554A

#AD484C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AD484C
  • RGB173, 72, 76
  • CMYK0, 40, 38, 32
  • CSSrgb(173, 72, 76)
  • HSL358°, 41%, 48%
  • HSL Precise357.624°, 41.224%, 48.039%
  • HSV358°, 58%, 68%
  • HSB358°, 58%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.298
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.282, 0.298)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.282, 0.298, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.282, 0.298)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB29.8%
  • Color Family (Hue)Red
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAD484C
  • DECIMAL ID11356236
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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