Information about Cinereous color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #98817B reads as a softly toned 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 Dry Creek (#9A7F7C). Slightly further away sit Opium (#987E7E) and Silver Grey (#97867C).
The recipe behind #98817B is rgb(152, 129, 123), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #98817B: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for white. The name "Cinereous" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Cinereous color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Cinereous color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Cinereous color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Cinereous color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Cinereous color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Cinereous 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Cinereous color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Cinereous
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#9A7F7C
#987E7E
#97867C
#9A8678
#92827F
#948575
#998682
#987D73
#98777B
#97777B
#938A7D
#8F8476
Cinereous color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#98817B
- RGB152, 129, 123
- CMYK0, 9, 11, 40
- CSSrgb(152, 129, 123)
- HSL12°, 12%, 54%
- HSL Precise12.414°, 12.34%, 53.922%
- HSV12°, 19%, 60%
- HSB12°, 19%, 60%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.596
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.506
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.482
- GLSLvec3(0.596, 0.506, 0.482)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.596, 0.506, 0.482, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.596, 0.506, 0.482)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB50.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB48.2%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID98817B
- DECIMAL ID9994619
- Name Length9
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- Counting from2025-01-01
