Information about #C65A4E color

#C65A4E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C65A4E falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(198, 90, 78) — 77.6% red, 35.3% green, 30.6% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 42 / 47 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored red, #C65A4E feels open and friendly. 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 almost identical to Cedar Chest (#C95A49). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jive (#CD5851) and Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown (#C45655).

In RGB terms — rgb(198, 90, 78) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C65A4E: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C65A4E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C65A4E color variations

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

#C65A4E 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 #C65A4E

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

Cedar Chest color link
Cedar Chest

#C95A49

Jive color link
Jive

#CD5851

Earth Red color link
Earth Red

#BF5B53

Sunglo color link
Sunglo

#C76155

Flame Pea color link
Flame Pea

#BE5C48

Dark Coral color link
Dark Coral

#CD5B45

Sunset color link
Sunset

#C0514A

Cheeky color link
Cheeky

#CC5F59

Valencia color link
Valencia

#D4574E

Long Spring color link
Long Spring

#B95754

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C65A4E
  • RGB198, 90, 78
  • CMYK0, 42, 47, 22
  • CSSrgb(198, 90, 78)
  • HSL6°, 51%, 54%
  • HSL Precise6°, 51.282%, 54.118%
  • HSV6°, 61%, 78%
  • HSB6°, 61%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.306
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.353, 0.306)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.353, 0.306, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.353, 0.306)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB30.6%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC65A4E
  • DECIMAL ID12999246
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01