Information about #C55438 color

#C55438 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C55438 falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(197, 84, 56) — 77.3% red, 32.9% green, 22% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 57 / 72 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #C55438 reads as a pleasantly vivid 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 Balloon (#C14D36). Slightly further away sit Catalyst (#C85241) and Oh Behave (#BE523F).

The recipe behind #C55438 is rgb(197, 84, 56), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C55438: 4.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.5:1 for white. No one has named #C55438 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#C55438 color variations

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

#C55438 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 #C55438

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

Balloon color link
Balloon

#C14D36

Catalyst color link
Catalyst

#C85241

Oh Behave color link
Oh Behave

#BE523F

Fireball color link
Fireball

#CC5C39

Redbud color link
Redbud

#B85439

Ecstasy color link
Ecstasy

#C96138

Pastel Rust color link
Pastel Rust

#D05C39

Daredevil color link
Daredevil

#CB483B

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C55438
  • RGB197, 84, 56
  • CMYK0, 57, 72, 23
  • CSSrgb(197, 84, 56)
  • HSL12°, 56%, 50%
  • HSL Precise11.915°, 55.731%, 49.608%
  • HSV12°, 72%, 77%
  • HSB12°, 72%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.329
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • GLSLvec3(0.773, 0.329, 0.220)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.773, 0.329, 0.220, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.773, 0.329, 0.220)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB32.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB22%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC55438
  • DECIMAL ID12932152
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01