Information about Asteroid color

#A59692 - Asteroid color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A59692, known as "Asteroid", falls into the Red Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(165, 150, 146) — 64.7% red, 58.8% green, 57.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 6 / 7 / 35. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A59692 is a softly toned earthy red that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Triple Milestone (#A59591). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Hazy Lavender (#A49591) and Imagine (#A39894).

The recipe behind #A59692 is rgb(165, 150, 146), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A59692: 7.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Asteroid" in the Register.

Asteroid color variations

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

Asteroid 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 Asteroid

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Imagine color link
Imagine

#A39894

Effervescent color link
Effervescent

#A8988E

Rockbottom color link
Rockbottom

#A29A8E

Tonto color link
Tonto

#9F9596

Iron color link
Iron

#A19D94

Settlement color link
Settlement

#A1988B

Asteroid color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A59692
  • RGB165, 150, 146
  • CMYK0, 6, 7, 35
  • CSSrgb(165, 150, 146)
  • HSL13°, 10%, 61%
  • HSL Precise12.632°, 9.548%, 60.98%
  • HSV13°, 12%, 65%
  • HSB13°, 12%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.573
  • GLSLvec3(0.647, 0.588, 0.573)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.647, 0.588, 0.573, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.647, 0.588, 0.573)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB64.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB57.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Red
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA59692
  • DECIMAL ID10851986
  • Name Length8
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