Information about Hinau color

#482A25 - Hinau color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #482A25, known as "Hinau", is classified in the Register under the Red Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(72, 42, 37) — 28.2% red, 16.5% green, 14.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 14 / 72. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly balanced earthy red, #482A25 leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Digeridoo (#452924). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Brown Coffee (#4A2C2A) and Morocco Brown (#442D21).

In RGB terms — rgb(72, 42, 37) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #482A25 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.6:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:72), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. The name "Hinau" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Hinau color variations

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

Hinau 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 Hinau

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

Digeridoo color link
Digeridoo

#452924

Brown Coffee color link
Brown Coffee

#4A2C2A

Baked Earth color link
Baked Earth

#493028

Dark Ginger color link
Dark Ginger

#473029

Volcano color link
Volcano

#4E2728

Contraband color link
Contraband

#462429

Courage color link
Courage

#4B252A

Sofisticata color link
Sofisticata

#4E2D21

Rialto color link
Rialto

#4C2322

Nelson Red color link
Nelson Red

#4F2525

Hinau color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#482A25
  • RGB72, 42, 37
  • CMYK0, 12, 14, 72
  • CSSrgb(72, 42, 37)
  • HSL9°, 32%, 21%
  • HSL Precise8.571°, 32.11%, 21.373%
  • HSV9°, 49%, 28%
  • HSB9°, 49%, 28%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.165
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.145
  • GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.165, 0.145)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.165, 0.145, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.165, 0.145)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB16.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB14.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Red
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID482A25
  • DECIMAL ID4729381
  • Name Length5
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