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Information about French Raspberry color

#C72C48 - French Raspberry color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #C72C48, known as "French Raspberry", is classified in the Register under the Red Color Family, with High Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(199, 44, 72) (78% red, 17.3% green, 28.2% blue), or CMYK 0 / 61 / 50 / 22 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#C72C48 is a vivid, lively red that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Memphis Belle (#CA2F43). Slightly further away sit Dingy Dungeon (#C53151) and Bright Maroon (#C32148).

In RGB terms — rgb(199, 44, 72) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.9:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "French Raspberry" in the Register.

French Raspberry color variations

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

French Raspberry color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

French Raspberry color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

French Raspberry 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 French Raspberry

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C72C48
  • RGB199, 44, 72
  • CMYK0, 61, 50, 22
  • CSSrgb(199, 44, 72)
  • HSL349°, 64%, 48%
  • HSL Precise349.161°, 63.786%, 47.647%
  • HSV349°, 78%, 78%
  • HSB349°, 78%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.780
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • GLSLvec3(0.780, 0.173, 0.282)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.780, 0.173, 0.282, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.780, 0.173, 0.282)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.2%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC72C48
  • DECIMAL ID13053000
  • Name Length16
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