Information about Deep Red color

#850101 - Deep Red color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#850101, known as "Deep Red", falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(133, 1, 1) — 52.2% red, 0.4% green, 0.4% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 52 / 52 / 48. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A pure, full-strength earthy red, #850101 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 almost identical to Deep Maroon (#820000). Slightly further away sit Maroon (#800000) and Blood (#8A0303).

In RGB terms — rgb(133, 1, 1) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 10.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. The name "Deep Red" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Deep Red color variations

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

Deep Red 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 Deep Red

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

Deep Maroon color link
Deep Maroon

#820000

Maroon color link
Maroon

#800000

Blood color link
Blood

#8A0303

Dark Red color link
Dark Red

#8B0000

Endra color link
Endra

#7B0304

Barn Red color link
Barn Red

#7C0A02

Sangria color link
Sangria

#92000A

Red Devil color link
Red Devil

#860111

Crimson Red color link
Crimson Red

#990000

Deep Red color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#850101
  • RGB133, 1, 1
  • CMYK0, 52, 52, 48
  • CSSrgb(133, 1, 1)
  • HSL0°, 99%, 26%
  • HSL Precise0°, 98.507%, 26.275%
  • HSV0°, 99%, 52%
  • HSB0°, 99%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.004, 0.004)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.004, 0.004, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.004, 0.004)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0.4%
  • Color Family (Hue)Red
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID850101
  • DECIMAL ID8716545
  • Name Length8
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