Information about #D51B37 color

#D51B37 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#D51B37 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(213, 27, 55) — 83.5% red, 10.6% green, 21.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 73 / 62 / 16. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #D51B37 reads as a strongly colored earthy red and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Crimson (#DC143C). Slightly further away sit Amaranth Red (#D3212D) and Foreign Crimson (#C91F37).

In RGB terms — rgb(213, 27, 55) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #D51B37 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#D51B37 color variations

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

#D51B37 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 #D51B37

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

Crimson color link
Crimson

#DC143C

Amaranth Red color link
Amaranth Red

#D3212D

Ajax Red color link
Ajax Red

#D2122E

Chiefs Red color link
Chiefs Red

#E31837

Husker Red color link
Husker Red

#E41C38

Stop Red color link
Stop Red

#CF142B

Italy Red color link
Italy Red

#CD212A

Knock Out color link
Knock Out

#C81641

Rambutan color link
Rambutan

#C71232

Cardinal color link
Cardinal

#C41E3A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#D51B37
  • RGB213, 27, 55
  • CMYK0, 73, 62, 16
  • CSSrgb(213, 27, 55)
  • HSL351°, 78%, 47%
  • HSL Precise350.968°, 77.5%, 47.059%
  • HSV351°, 87%, 84%
  • HSB351°, 87%, 84%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.835
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.106
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.216
  • GLSLvec3(0.835, 0.106, 0.216)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.835, 0.106, 0.216, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.835, 0.106, 0.216)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB83.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB10.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB21.6%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDD51B37
  • DECIMAL ID13966135
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01