Information about Fireball color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated earthy red, #CC5C39 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pastel Rust (#D05C39). Slightly further away sit Traffic Light (#CD5D34) and Ecstasy (#C96138).
In RGB terms — rgb(204, 92, 57) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.1:1. The name "Fireball" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Fireball color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Fireball color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Fireball color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Fireball color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Fireball color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Fireball 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 Fireball color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Fireball
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#D05C39
#CD5D34
#C96138
#D05E34
#CD5B45
#D65E40
#CA6641
#C85241
#D9603B
#D4503C
#C96B3C
#CB6843
Fireball color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#CC5C39
- RGB204, 92, 57
- CMYK0, 44, 58, 20
- CSSrgb(204, 92, 57)
- HSL14°, 59%, 51%
- HSL Precise14.286°, 59.036%, 51.176%
- HSV14°, 72%, 80%
- HSB14°, 72%, 80%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.800
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.224
- GLSLvec3(0.800, 0.361, 0.224)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.800, 0.361, 0.224, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.800, 0.361, 0.224)
- Percentage of Red in RGB80%
- Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB22.4%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDCC5C39
- DECIMAL ID13392953
- Name Length8
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- Counting from2025-01-01
